U+FEF0 "ﻰ" Arabic Letter Alef Maksura Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FEF0 "ﻰ" Arabic Letter Alef Maksura Final Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter alef maksura, which represents a long vowel sound similar to "a" or "e" at the end of words, and it is specifically designed for use in positions where the letter is the final character of a word in certain Arabic typographic contexts. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, which includes positional variants that support complex text rendering, and it differs from the standard isolated or initial forms by its distinctive curved shape that connects correctly to preceding letters. It is commonly used in Arabic script writing for proper visual alignment in digital text, particularly in calligraphic styles or traditional typesetting, ensuring the letter appears in its appropriate final form as dictated by Arabic orthographic rules.

General Properties

Code Point U+FEF0
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Letter Alef Maksura Final Form
Unicode 1.0 Name Glyph for Final Arabic Alef Maqsurah
Block Arabic Presentation Forms-B
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter
Decomposition Type Final
Decomposition Mapping "ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﻰ
HTML Hex Encoding ﻰ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xBB 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFEF0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FEF0
C/C++/Java Escape \ufef0

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 "ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura
NFKC Simple Casefold "ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura
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