U+FDB7 "ﶷ" Arabic Ligature Kaf with Meem with Yeh Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FDB7 "ﶷ" Arabic Ligature Kaf with Meem with Yeh Final Form is a specialized typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, where the letters Kaf (ك), Meem (م), and Yeh (ي) are visually combined into a single connected glyph for calligraphic elegance and efficient text rendering. This character falls within the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which contains ligatures designed for traditional manuscript styles and Koranic text formatting rather than modern digital Arabic typography. It specifically represents the final form of this three-letter sequence, meaning it appears at the end of a word or syllable where the ligature's final tail is shaped accordingly. As a presentation form, it is generally not used in standard Unicode encoding for plain text but serves to preserve historical or stylistic variations in Arabic calligraphy.

General Properties

Code Point U+FDB7
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Ligature Kaf with Meem with Yeh Final Form
Block Arabic Presentation Forms-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter
Decomposition Type Final
Decomposition Mapping "ك" U+0643 Arabic Letter Kaf
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﶷ
HTML Hex Encoding ﶷ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xB6 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFDB7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FDB7
C/C++/Java Escape \ufdb7

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "ك" U+0643 Arabic Letter Kaf
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
NFKC Simple Casefold "ك" U+0643 Arabic Letter Kaf
"م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter