U+FCBA "" Arabic Ligature Ain with Jeem Initial Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FCBA "" Arabic Ligature Ain with Jeem Initial Form is a typographic ligature used in Arabic script calligraphy and high-quality typesetting, representing the combination of the letters 'Ain (ع) and Jeem (ج) in their initial forms, which occur at the beginning of a word or syllable. This ligature is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, a set of code points designed to preserve precomposed glyph shapes for compatibility with older text rendering systems that may not automatically form ligatures. Its use is primarily historical or stylistic, as modern Unicode text processing typically relies on dynamic shaping through the Arabic script's cursive joining rules rather than individual encoded ligatures.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
ﲺ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB2 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFCBA
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FCBA
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufcba