U+FEF3 "ﻳ" Arabic Letter Yeh Initial Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+FEF3 "ﻳ" Arabic Letter Yeh Initial Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter Yeh, specifically designed to be used at the beginning of a word when connected to the preceding character in cursive Arabic script. This initial form features a distinct shape with a curved, descending stroke that prepares the letter to link smoothly to the following character, and it is one of several contextual variants of the letter Yeh that help maintain the flowing, right-to-left calligraphic style of Arabic writing. Unlike the standalone or isolated form, U+FEF3 is intended solely for typographic ligature processing and is not typically used in plain text encoding for modern digital contexts, though it remains important for legacy systems and precise reproduction of Arabic calligraphy.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ﻳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ﻳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEF 0xBB 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xFEF3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000FEF3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ufef3 |
Unicode Properties