U+FDFB "ﷻ" Arabic Ligature Jallajalalouhou Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FDFB "ﷻ" Arabic Ligature Jallajalalouhou is a typographic ligature used in Islamic calligraphy, representing the phrase "Jalla Jalaluhu" (meaning "May His glory be glorified"), which Muslims often recite or write after mentioning the name of God (Allah) as a form of reverence and praise. This single character, encoded in the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block within Unicode, was designed to streamline the visual representation of this devout phrase in digital text, reflecting its frequent use in religious, literary, and ceremonial contexts within Arabic script.

General Properties

Code Point U+FDFB
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Ligature Jallajalalouhou
Unicode 1.0 Name Arabic Letter Jallajalalouhou
Block Arabic Presentation Forms-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter
Decomposition Type Isolated
Decomposition Mapping "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem
"ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
"SP" U+0020 Space
"ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem
"ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
"ا" U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef
"ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
"ه" U+0647 Arabic Letter Heh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﷻ
HTML Hex Encoding ﷻ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xB7 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFDFB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FDFB
C/C++/Java Escape \ufdfb

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 "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem
"ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
"SP" U+0020 Space
"ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem
"ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
"ا" U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef
"ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
"ه" U+0647 Arabic Letter Heh
NFKC Simple Casefold "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem
"ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
"SP" U+0020 Space
"ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem
"ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
"ا" U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef
"ل" U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
"ه" U+0647 Arabic Letter Heh
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter