U+FDC7 "ﷇ" Arabic Ligature Noon with Jeem with Yeh Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FDC7 "ﷇ" Arabic Ligature Noon with Jeem with Yeh Final Form is a typographic ligature used in specific contexts of Arabic script calligraphy and high-end typesetting, where the letters noon (ن), jeem (ج), and yeh (ي) are combined into a single glyph in their final positional form. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, a range of codepoints designed to represent precomposed ligatures that are not typically part of the standard Arabic writing system but are needed for precise rendering of historical or decorative texts. Its primary use is in specialized digital fonts that aim to replicate traditional manuscript styles, ensuring that the connected sequence appears as a seamless, aesthetically cohesive unit rather than as separate letters. While rarely encountered in everyday modern Arabic writing, U+FDC7 serves an important role in preserving the visual integrity of classical calligraphic works in electronic documents.

General Properties

Code Point U+FDC7
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Ligature Noon with Jeem 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 "ن" U+0646 Arabic Letter Noon
"ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﷇ
HTML Hex Encoding ﷇ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xB7 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFDC7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FDC7
C/C++/Java Escape \ufdc7

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 "ن" U+0646 Arabic Letter Noon
"ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem
"ي" U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
NFKC Simple Casefold "ن" U+0646 Arabic Letter Noon
"ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem
"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