U+FB98 "ﮘ" Arabic Letter Gueh Initial Form Unicode Character

U+FB98 "ﮘ" Arabic Letter Gueh Initial Form is a presentation form glyph of the Arabic letter "ڳ" (Gueh) used in writing languages such as Sindhi, Kashmiri, and Burushaski, specifically when the letter appears in the initial position of a word within cursive Arabic script. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block and is derived from the base letter "ڳ", which represents a voiced velar or palatal sound. Its initial form is characterized by a looped or curved shape that connects smoothly to the following letter, enabling proper word formation in scripts that require contextual shaping. While this character is encoded primarily for compatibility with legacy text and advanced typographic rendering, modern systems typically handle such contextual forms automatically through shaping engines like those in OpenType fonts.