U+FDB5 "ﶵ" Arabic Ligature Lam with Hah with Meem Initial Form Unicode Character
U+FDB5 "ﶵ" Arabic Ligature Lam with Hah with Meem Initial Form is a specialized typographic glyph used in the Arabic script, representing a ligature that combines the letters Lam (ل), Hah (ح), and Meem (م) in a connected initial form. This ligature is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which contains precomposed character shapes designed for advanced text rendering in certain styles of calligraphy or typesetting, such as Nastaliq or complex Qur'anic text. The specific arrangement of these letters, with Lam at the beginning of a word, followed by Hah and then Meem, is typically found in religious or formal contexts where precise orthographic representation is required to ensure correct reading and aesthetic harmony. Its inclusion in Unicode supports accurate digital display of traditional Arabic calligraphy that might otherwise require complex font-based substitutions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FDB5 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Lam with Hah with Meem Initial Form |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Initial |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam "ح" U+062D Arabic Letter Hah "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﶵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﶵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB6 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFDB5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FDB5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufdb5 |