U+FCAA "" Arabic Ligature Hah with Meem Initial Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FCAA "" Arabic Ligature Hah with Meem Initial Form is a typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, specifically representing a combination of the letters Hah (ح) and Meem (م) in their initial form, meaning both characters are positioned at the beginning of a word. This ligature is part of the Unicode Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which encodes various cursive shape variations for sophisticated text rendering. It is primarily utilized in traditional Arabic calligraphy and printed texts to preserve the connected, flowing aesthetic of the script, though modern digital typography often reconstructs such ligatures automatically from separate characters. The character itself appears as a single glyph that merges the distinctive hook of initial Hah with the curved shape of initial Meem, and it encodes a specific visual form rather than a distinct semantic meaning.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ﲪ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﲪ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB2 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFCAA
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FCAA
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufcaa