U+FDEB "" Arabic Presentation Forms-A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FDEB "" Arabic Presentation Forms-A is a specific glyph that belongs to a block of characters designed to represent contextual and ligated forms of Arabic script, primarily for compatibility with older text encoding standards and for use in high-quality typesetting. This particular character encodes an isolated form of a ligature that combines the Arabic letters "kaf" (ك) and "lam" (ل) into a single connected glyph, reflecting the calligraphic tradition where such combinations are written as a continuous stroke. As part of the Presentation Forms-A block, it is not typically used in modern plain text but exists to preserve the visual appearance of historical or formatted documents, ensuring that the joined shape is rendered correctly without requiring separate font logic for ligatures.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
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| HTML Hex Encoding |
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| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEF 0xB7 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xFDEB |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000FDEB |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ufdeb |
Unicode Properties