U+FD6B "ﵫ" Arabic Ligature Sheen with Meem with Khah Initial Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+FD6B "ﵫ" Arabic Ligature Sheen with Meem with Khah Initial Form is a typographic ligature found in the Arabic script block, specifically representing a combined form of the letters sheen (ش), meem (م), and khah (خ) as they appear at the beginning of a word. This ligature is used in certain styles of Arabic calligraphy and text rendering to create a more aesthetically pleasing or compact representation of the three consonants when they occur in sequence, particularly in religious or formal texts. It is part of a set of presentation forms that aid in the proper visual display of Arabic script in digital environments, ensuring that the connected shapes align correctly according to calligraphic traditions.
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General Properties
Code Point
U+FD6B
Name
Arabic Ligature Sheen with Meem with Khah Initial Form
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ﵫ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﵫ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB5 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFD6B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FD6B
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufd6b
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Arabic