U+FCAD "ﲭ" Arabic Ligature Seen with Jeem Initial Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+FCAD "ﲭ" Arabic Ligature Seen with Jeem Initial Form is a typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, specifically combining the letters Seen (س) and Jeem (ج) in their initial forms to create a single, compact glyph for more efficient and aesthetically pleasing calligraphic writing. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which contains precomposed positional ligatures that simplify text rendering in complex scripts, particularly for historical or decorative contexts. It appears at the beginning of a word, where the initial form of Seen is joined with Jeem, and its use reflects traditional manuscript styles where such ligatures enhance readability and visual harmony in connected Arabic script.
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General Properties
Code Point
U+FCAD
Name
Arabic Ligature Seen with Jeem Initial Form
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ﲭ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﲭ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB2 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFCAD
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FCAD
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufcad
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Arabic