U+FCBD "ﲽ" Arabic Ligature Ghain with Meem Initial Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+FCBD "ﲽ" Arabic Ligature Ghain with Meem Initial Form is a special presentation form used in Arabic script typography, representing the joined combination of the letters ghain (غ) and meem (م) positioned at the beginning of a word. This ligature is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which was designed to support legacy text rendering and specific calligraphic styles where such connections are visually normalized. It ensures that the initial form of ghain seamlessly flows into meem, preserving the cursive continuity of the script in contexts like religious texts or traditional typesetting.
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General Properties
Code Point
U+FCBD
Name
Arabic Ligature Ghain with Meem Initial Form
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ﲽ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﲽ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB2 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFCBD
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FCBD
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufcbd
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Arabic