U+FDF0 "ﷰ" Arabic Ligature Salla Used as Koranic Stop Sign Isolated Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FDF0 "ﷰ" Arabic Ligature Salla Used as Koranic Stop Sign Isolated Form is a specialized typographic symbol found in the Arabic script block, representing a ligature of the word “salla” that serves as a Koranic stop sign, indicating a pause or specific point in the recitation of the Quran. This character is used in its isolated form, meaning it stands alone without connecting to adjacent letters, which is typical for such sacred markers in Arabic calligraphy and printed Qurans. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital texts can accurately represent this traditional religious notation, preserving the manuscript heritage and aiding correct oral recitation.

General Properties

Code Point U+FDF0
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Ligature Salla Used as Koranic Stop Sign Isolated Form
Block Arabic Presentation Forms-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter
Decomposition Type Isolated
Decomposition Mapping "ص" U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad
"ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
"ے" U+06D2 Arabic Letter Yeh Barree

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﷰ
HTML Hex Encoding ﷰ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xB7 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFDF0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FDF0
C/C++/Java Escape \ufdf0

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "ص" U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad
"ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
"ے" U+06D2 Arabic Letter Yeh Barree
NFKC Simple Casefold "ص" U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad
"ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
"ے" U+06D2 Arabic Letter Yeh Barree
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter