U+FB74 "" Arabic Letter Dyeh Initial Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FB74 "" Arabic Letter Dyeh Initial Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter Dyeh, which represents a sound similar to a retroflex or emphatic "d" in certain South Asian languages like Urdu and Sindhi. This specific initial form is used when the letter appears at the beginning of a word or syllable, connecting to the following character on its left. Unlike the standard isolated shape, this variant has a distinctive rightward connecting stroke that links it smoothly to the next letter in cursive Arabic script. It is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, designed to support complex text layout and typographic rendering rather than to encode a separate semantic unit.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ﭴ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﭴ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xAD 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFB74
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FB74
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufb74