U+FEBB "ﺻ" Arabic Letter Sad Initial Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FEBB "ﺻ" Arabic Letter Sad Initial Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter Ṣād (ص), specifically designed to appear at the beginning of a word within a cursive text context. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block and is used in typesetting systems where characters must change shape based on their position in a word, with the initial form featuring a distinctive tall, curved stroke that connects from the right side. It represents the emphatic "s" sound and is essential for proper rendering of Arabic script in digital environments, ensuring that the letter flows seamlessly into the following character.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FEBB |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Arabic Letter Sad Initial Form |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Glyph for Initial Arabic Sad |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-B |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
| Decomposition Type | Initial |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ص" U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﺻ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﺻ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xBA 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFEBB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FEBB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufebb |
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 | "ص" U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ص" U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad |
| 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 |