U+FE8E "ﺎ" Arabic Letter Alef Final Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FE8E "ﺎ" Arabic Letter Alef Final Form is a presentation form variant of the standard Arabic letter alef, specifically designed for use at the end of a word when connected to a preceding character in cursive Arabic script. Unlike the isolated form (ا), this final form features a small tail or ligature stroke that links it to the right, allowing it to seamlessly continue the flow of writing from the previous letter. It represents the long vowel "ā" and is an essential part of the Arabic writing system, commonly used in printed texts, digital fonts, and calligraphy to maintain proper typographic joining rules.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FE8E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Alef Final Form |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Glyph for Final Arabic Alef |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-B |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Final |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ا" U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﺎ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﺎ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xBA 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFE8E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FE8E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufe8e |
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 | "ا" U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ا" U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef |
| 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 |