U+FBEF "" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hamza Above with Waw Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FBEF "" Arabic Ligature Yeh with Hamza Above with Waw Final Form is a typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, representing a combined form of the letters Yeh with Hamza Above followed by Waw, specifically intended for the final position in a word. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block and is employed in certain writing systems, particularly for the Urdu language, to improve the aesthetic flow and readability of text where these two characters appear consecutively at the end of a word. Its use is primarily decorative or stylistic, as it compresses what would otherwise be two separate glyphs into a single, visually cohesive unit, reflecting the calligraphic traditions of Arabic-based scripts.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ﯯ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﯯ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xAF 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFBEF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FBEF
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufbef