U+FDC4 "ﷄ" Arabic Ligature Ain with Jeem with Meem Initial Form Unicode Character
U+FDC4 "ﷄ" Arabic Ligature Ain with Jeem with Meem Initial Form is a specialized typographic glyph used in the Arabic script, designed to combine the three letters Ain (ع), Jeem (ج), and Meem (م) into a single connected initial form for aesthetic or calligraphic purposes. This ligature falls within the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which contains characters primarily intended for compatibility with older text encoding standards and for precise rendering of traditional Arabic calligraphy. Its use is rare in modern digital text and largely confined to historical or decorative contexts where such ligatures are visually preferred over separate letter sequences. The character itself is not typically supported by common fonts, and its display often requires specialized software or fonts that include Arabic ligature support.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FDC4 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Ain with Jeem 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 | "ع" U+0639 Arabic Letter Ain "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem "م" U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﷄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﷄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB7 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFDC4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FDC4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufdc4 |