U+FCB9 "ﲹ" Arabic Ligature Zah with Meem Initial Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+FCB9 "ﲹ" Arabic Ligature Zah with Meem Initial Form is a typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, specifically representing the initial form of the letter Zah (ظ) combined with the letter Meem (م). This ligature is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, which includes various contextual forms of Arabic characters and ligatures designed for compatibility with older text rendering systems. The character is typically employed in complex text layout to accurately display the joined, cursive form of these letters when they appear at the beginning of a word, reflecting the continuous horizontal flow of Arabic calligraphy.
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Arabic Ligature Tah with Hah Initial Form
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General Properties
Code Point
U+FCB9
Name
Arabic Ligature Zah with Meem Initial Form
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ﲹ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﲹ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB2 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFCB9
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FCB9
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufcb9
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Arabic