U+FEBC "ﺼ" Arabic Letter Sad Medial Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FEBC "ﺼ" Arabic Letter Sad Medial Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter "ص" (Sad) used specifically when it appears in the middle of a word, connecting to both the preceding and following letters in cursive Arabic script. This glyph is part of the Unicode Arabic Presentation Forms block, which provides context dependent shapes for letters to support proper typographic rendering in environments without complex text shaping engines. Unlike the isolated or final forms of Sad, the medial form features a distinctive shape that links seamlessly to adjacent characters, preserving the flowing nature of Arabic writing while representing the same phonetic value of an emphatic "s" sound. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures accurate display and interchange of Arabic text across digital systems when legacy encoding or specific font technologies require precomposed character forms.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ﺼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ﺼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEF 0xBA 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xFEBC |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000FEBC |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ufebc |
Unicode Properties