U+FED6 "ﻖ" Arabic Letter Qaf Final Form Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+FED6 "ﻖ" Arabic Letter Qaf Final Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter Qaf (ق), specifically designed to appear in its final position within a word, where it connects to the preceding character from the right. This glyph is used in Arabic script calligraphy and typography to ensure proper visual shaping, as the letter takes on a distinct curved tail that descends below the baseline in its final form, contrasting with its isolated or initial shapes. It is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, which provides contextual variants to support complex text rendering in languages like Arabic, Persian, and Urdu, where U+FED6 represents the sound /q/.
General Properties
Code Point
U+FED6
Name
Arabic Letter Qaf Final Form
Unicode 1.0 Name
Glyph for Final Arabic Qaf
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ﻖ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﻖ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xBB 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFED6
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FED6
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufed6
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Arabic