U+FEA9 "" Arabic Letter Dal Isolated Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FEA9 "" Arabic Letter Dal Isolated Form is a typographic variant of the Arabic letter "د" (dal), specifically designed to appear in its standalone or isolated position within a word when using connected Arabic script systems. It represents the phonetic sound of the English "d" and is one of the four contextual forms that the letter dal can take, alongside initial, medial, and final shapes, depending on its placement in a sequence of characters. This isolated form is distinct in shape, featuring a simple vertical stroke and a small loop, and is essential for proper text rendering in Arabic calligraphy and digital typography to preserve the natural flow of the script.

General Properties

Code Point
U+FEA9
Name
Arabic Letter Dal Isolated Form
Unicode 1.0 Name
Glyph for Isolate Arabic Dal
Decomposition Mapping

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ﺩ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﺩ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xBA 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFEA9
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FEA9
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufea9