U+FDCF "" Arabic Ligature Salaamuhu Alaynaa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FDCF "" Arabic Ligature Salaamuhu Alaynaa is a specialized typographic glyph used primarily in religious and calligraphic Arabic texts to represent the phrase "peace be upon us" in a single, compact ligature. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which was encoded to accommodate traditional and decorative writing styles that merge multiple letters and diacritics into a unified shape. The phrase itself is a variant of the Islamic greeting "as-salamu alaykum," and the ligature streamlines its rendering in contexts such as scripture or devotional literature where space or aesthetic continuity is valued. While not commonly used in modern digital communication, it remains significant for preserving historical printing and manuscript practices in Arabic script.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
﷏
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB7 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFDCF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FDCF
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufdcf