U+FE9A "ﺚ" Arabic Letter Theh Final Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FE9A "ﺚ" Arabic Letter Theh Final Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter Theh (ث), specifically designed to appear at the end of a word when it connects to a preceding character from the right, as Arabic script is written from right to left. This glyph represents a contextual variant where the letter takes on a distinctive curved tail that extends to the left, differentiating it from its isolated, initial, or medial forms while preserving its phonological value. Used in languages that employ the Arabic script, such as Arabic, Persian, and Urdu, this form ensures proper cursive joining and visual consistency within continuous text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FE9A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Theh Final Form |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Glyph for Final Arabic Thaa |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-B |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Final |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ث" U+062B Arabic Letter Theh |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﺚ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﺚ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xBA 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFE9A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FE9A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufe9a |
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 | "ث" U+062B Arabic Letter Theh |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ث" U+062B Arabic Letter Theh |
| 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 |