U+FD77 "" Arabic Ligature Ain with Meem with Meem Initial Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FD77 "" Arabic Ligature Ain with Meem with Meem Initial Form is a typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, representing the combination of the letters "Ain" (ع), "Meem" (م), and another "Meem" (م) in their initial positional forms, where characters are joined at the beginning of a word or syllable. This ligature is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which was historically included in Unicode to accommodate legacy font encoding systems that required precomposed shapes for text rendering. Its primary function is to optimize the visual display of such three-letter sequences in traditional calligraphy or specific document formats, though it is rarely used in modern digital text due to the prevalence of advanced shaping engines that handle character combinations automatically.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB5 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFD77
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FD77
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufd77