U+FDDA "" Arabic Presentation Forms-A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FDDA "" Arabic Presentation Forms-A is an Arabic letter that represents a typographic ligature, specifically combining the letters "Qaf" (ق) and "Lam" (ل) into a single connected glyph form. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which consists of contextual and stylistic variants of Arabic letters used in complex Arabic script writing, particularly for older or decorative fonts and certain historical texts. It is not a standard modern Arabic letter but rather a specialized presentation form intended for compatibility with legacy encoding systems or for precise visual rendering in specific contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FDDA |
| 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 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFDDA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FDDA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufdda |
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 |