U+FDFD "" Arabic Ligature Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FDFD "" Arabic Ligature Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem is a single typographic glyph that represents the entire Islamic invocation "Bismillah ir-Rahman ir-Rahim," meaning "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful." This character, encoded in the Unicode standard for compatibility with Arabic script, allows for the compact representation of this common phrase in digital text, often used at the beginning of books, chapters, or formal documents in Islamic cultures. As a ligature, it combines multiple Arabic letters into one visual form, preserving the phrase's spiritual and cultural significance while facilitating efficient text rendering in computing environments.

General Properties

Code Point
U+FDFD
Name
Arabic Ligature Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
﷽
HTML Hex Encoding
﷽
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB7 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFDFD
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FDFD
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufdfd