U+FE97 "ﺗ" Arabic Letter Teh Initial Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FE97 "ﺗ" Arabic Letter Teh Initial Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter "teh" (ت), specifically designed to appear at the beginning of a word within a cursive Arabic text. This glyph represents the initial joining position of the letter, connecting seamlessly to the following character on its left side, whereas the base form U+062A (ت) is used for isolated or general purposes. It is part of the Arabic presentation forms block, which provides positional variants to ensure proper visual rendering, and it carries the same phonetic value as the standard "teh," sounding like the English "t." This character is essential for accurate digital typesetting of Arabic script, allowing software to display words correctly in their connected cursive form.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ﺗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ﺗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEF 0xBA 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xFE97 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000FE97 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ufe97 |
Unicode Properties