U+FCFD "" Arabic Ligature Sheen with Alef Maksura Isolated Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FCFD "" Arabic Ligature Sheen with Alef Maksura Isolated Form is a typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, combining the letter sheen (ش) with alef maksura (ى) into a single glyph for stylistic or calligraphic purposes in certain digital fonts and text rendering contexts. This ligature appears in the isolated form, meaning it stands alone as a distinct shape rather than connecting to adjacent letters, and is primarily employed in classical Arabic texts or specialized typography to preserve historical orthographic conventions or to achieve a more compact or elegant visual presentation. It is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which contains precomposed ligatures intended for compatibility with legacy systems and display applications.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
ﳽ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB3 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFCFD
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FCFD
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufcfd