U+FDED "" Arabic Presentation Forms-A Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FDED "" Arabic Presentation Forms-A is a cursive ligature that combines the Arabic characters for "lam" and "alif" in a specific calligraphic form intended for use in traditional or ornate text presentation. This character, part of the block designed to represent complex typographic connections in Arabic script, is primarily utilized in historical, religious, or stylistic contexts where such ligatures are needed for authenticity or visual aesthetics, though its use in modern standard text is often superseded by dynamic font shaping technologies.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FDED |
| 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 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFDED |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FDED |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufded |
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 |