U+FCBB "" Arabic Ligature Ain with Meem Initial Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FCBB "" Arabic Ligature Ain with Meem Initial Form is a typographic ligature found in the Arabic script, specifically representing the combination of the letters Ain (ع) and Meem (م) in their initial positional form within a word. This ligature is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, which contains precomposed glyph variants designed to support complex calligraphic rendering and text display in systems that may not automatically create such ligatures from individual characters. It is used primarily in decorative or formal Arabic writing contexts, such as in the Quranic text or classical manuscripts, to maintain visual harmony and streamline the appearance of connected letter pairs.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ﲻ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﲻ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB2 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFCBB
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FCBB
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufcbb