U+FEA0 "ﺠ" Arabic Letter Jeem Medial Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FEA0 "ﺠ" Arabic Letter Jeem Medial Form is a presentation form variant of the Arabic letter Jeem (ج) specifically designed for the medial position within a word, where it connects to both the preceding and following letters. This glyph is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block and is used in the cursive Arabic script system to ensure proper visual connectivity, differing from the isolated, initial, or final forms of the same letter. Its shape typically features a flowing, hook-like curve that links seamlessly with adjacent characters, playing a crucial role in the correct rendering of printed or digitally displayed Arabic text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FEA0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Jeem Medial Form |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Glyph for Medial Arabic Jeem |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-B |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Medial |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﺠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﺠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xBA 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFEA0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FEA0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufea0 |
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 |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ج" U+062C Arabic Letter Jeem |
| 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 |