U+FD8C "ﶌ" Arabic Ligature Meem with Jeem with Hah Initial Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+FD8C "ﶌ" Arabic Ligature Meem with Jeem with Hah Initial Form is a typographic ligature used in the Arabic script, specifically representing the combined initial forms of the letters Meem, Jeem, and Hah when they appear at the beginning of a word. This character is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, designed to facilitate the accurate display of complex calligraphic and printed Arabic text where these three consonants join seamlessly in a single glyph. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the preservation and rendering of traditional Arabic orthography, particularly in Qur'anic manuscripts and other formal documents, where such ligatures enhance readability and maintain cultural script conventions.
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Arabic Ligature Meem with Jeem with Meem Initial Form
General Properties
Code Point
U+FD8C
Name
Arabic Ligature Meem with Jeem with Hah Initial Form
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ﶌ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﶌ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB6 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFD8C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FD8C
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufd8c
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Arabic