U+FC3F "ﰿ" Arabic Ligature Lam with Jeem Isolated Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

ﰿ
Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FC3F "ﰿ" Arabic Ligature Lam with Jeem Isolated Form is a typographic glyph within the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, specifically designed to represent the joined combination of the Arabic letters Lam (ل) and Jeem (ج) in their isolated form. This ligature is a stylistic convenience in calligraphic and typeset Arabic script, where two adjacent letters are fused into a single visual unit to improve readability and aesthetic flow, particularly in traditional manuscript styles. Unlike standard Unicode Arabic characters that encode individual letters, this ligature is a presentation form intended for specific rendering contexts, and it is not typically used for general text interchange but rather for legacy or decorative purposes. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that digital representations can faithfully reproduce historic or ornate texts where such ligatures are expected.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ﰿ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﰿ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB0 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFC3F
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FC3F
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufc3f