U+FD63 "" Arabic Ligature Seen with Meem with Meem Initial Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FD63 "" Arabic Ligature Seen with Meem with Meem Initial Form is a typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, specifically representing the three-letter sequence of the letters seen (س) followed by two meem (م) letters in their initial forms. This ligature is part of a larger set of Arabic presentation forms designed for improved rendering of certain common letter combinations, particularly in traditional or high-quality typesetting where the connected shapes are merged into a single glyph. It is classified under the Unicode block Arabic Presentation Forms-A, which contains mostly contextual forms and ligatures used for compliance with older text standards and for specialized display purposes. While modern Unicode typically encourages the use of standard Arabic characters with shaping engines, U+FD63 provides a precomposed rendition optimized for calligraphic or precise visual representation in certain digital contexts.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ﵣ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﵣ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB5 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFD63
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FD63
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufd63