U+FDC8 "" Arabic Ligature Rahimahu Allaah Taaalaa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FDC8 "" Arabic Ligature Rahimahu Allaah Taaalaa is a typographic ligature found in the Arabic script block, representing a compressed form of the Arabic phrase "Rahimahu Allaah Taaalaa," which translates to "may God Almighty have mercy on him." This character is used in Islamic calligraphy and religious texts to honor deceased individuals, typically following the mention of a righteous person's name. It is part of a set of Arabic ligatures included in Unicode to support the efficient display of common devotional phrases, allowing them to appear as a single glyph rather than multiple separate characters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FDC8 |
| Version Added | 17.0 |
| Name | Arabic Ligature Rahimahu Allaah Taaalaa |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-A |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﷈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﷈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB7 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFDC8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FDC8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufdc8 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Arabic |
| Script Extensions | Arabic |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |