U+FD2D "" Arabic Ligature Sheen with Jeem Initial Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FD2D "" Arabic Ligature Sheen with Jeem Initial Form is a typographic ligature encoded in the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, representing the combined initial forms of the Arabic letters sheen (ش) and jeem (ج) as they appear when connected at the beginning of a word. This specific form is used in stylized or calligraphic text to create a compact and elegant representation of the two adjacent letters, primarily in legacy Arabic script systems or documents that require precise visual shaping for traditional typesetting. It is not a standard letter sequence in modern digital Arabic text, which instead relies on dynamic font shaping to combine characters, but it serves as a historic or specialized character for rendering the initial sheen-jeem ligature in Unicode encoded text.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ﴭ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﴭ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB4 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFD2D
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FD2D
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufd2d