U+FDEC "﷬" Arabic Presentation Forms-A Unicode Character

U+FDEC "﷬" Arabic Presentation Forms-A is a high range character used in specialized Arabic typography to represent an ornate ligature or presentational form, specifically designed for complex text layout in historical or decorative contexts. This character encodes a version of an Arabic word or phrase in a calligraphic style that combines multiple letters into a single glyph, making it part of a legacy encoding block intended to preserve traditional typesetting conventions rather than for modern digital text processing. Its usage is primarily found in religious or formal documents where aesthetic continuity with classical script was essential, though it is now largely superseded by Unicode’s standard Arabic encoding for normal text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FDEC
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 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFDEC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FDEC
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufdec

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