U+FED3 "ﻓ" Arabic Letter Feh Initial Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+FED3 "ﻓ" Arabic Letter Feh Initial Form is a contextual variant of the Arabic letter "Feh" ( ف ), specifically designed to appear at the beginning of a word or syllable, where it connects smoothly to the following character from its left side in cursive Arabic script. Representing the voiceless labiodental fricative sound /f/, this initial form is distinct from the isolated, medial, or final forms of the letter and is essential for proper text rendering in modern digital typography, ensuring that Arabic words like "ﻓﻨﺠﺎن" (finjan, meaning cup) display correctly with the appropriate shape at the start of the sequence.
General Properties
Code Point
U+FED3
Name
Arabic Letter Feh Initial Form
Unicode 1.0 Name
Glyph for Initial Arabic Fa
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ﻓ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﻓ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xBB 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFED3
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FED3
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufed3
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Arabic