U+FEBC "" Arabic Letter Sad Medial Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FEBC "" Arabic Letter Sad Medial Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter "ص" (Sad) used specifically when it appears in the middle of a word, connecting to both the preceding and following letters in cursive Arabic script. This glyph is part of the Unicode Arabic Presentation Forms block, which provides context dependent shapes for letters to support proper typographic rendering in environments without complex text shaping engines. Unlike the isolated or final forms of Sad, the medial form features a distinctive shape that links seamlessly to adjacent characters, preserving the flowing nature of Arabic writing while representing the same phonetic value of an emphatic "s" sound. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures accurate display and interchange of Arabic text across digital systems when legacy encoding or specific font technologies require precomposed character forms.

General Properties

Code Point
U+FEBC
Name
Arabic Letter Sad Medial Form
Unicode 1.0 Name
Glyph for Medial Arabic Sad
Decomposition Mapping

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ﺼ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﺼ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xBA 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFEBC
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FEBC
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufebc