U+FDD3 "" Arabic Presentation Forms-A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FDD3 "" Arabic Presentation Forms-A is a non-printing formatting code specifically designed for use in the internal processing of Arabic script text, particularly to mark the end of a phrase. Unlike typical glyphs that represent letters or symbols, this code point serves as an invisible control character, ensuring proper orthographic behavior such as shaping and ligature formation when Arabic text is rendered. It belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which encompasses a range of contextual forms and control codes intended to aid in complex text layout and typographic correction, but it is not meant for general interchange or visual display in standard documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FDD3 |
| Version Added | 3.1 |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-A |
| General Category | Unassigned |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Boundary Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |  |
| HTML Hex Encoding |  |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB7 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFDD3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FDD3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufdd3 |
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 | Unknown |
| Script | Unknown |
| Script Extensions | Unknown |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |
| Noncharacter Code Point | Yes |