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