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

Code Point U+FDEB
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 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFDEB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FDEB
C/C++/Java Escape \ufdeb

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