U+FEEB "" Arabic Letter Heh Initial Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Kufi Arabic Source: Browser Default

U+FEEB "" Arabic Letter Heh Initial Form is a presentation form of the Arabic letter "heh" used specifically when it appears in the initial position of a word, connecting to the following letter to its left in flowing Arabic script. This glyph is part of the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, designed to support correct typographic rendering of the letter's shape as it arches outward from the preceding character. It represents the same consonant sound as the standard "heh" (pronounced like the English "h"), but its visual appearance features a long, curved tail that extends above and below the baseline, distinguishing it from its isolated or medial forms. In digital text, this character enables precise display of calligraphic styles in documents, ensuring that the letter seamlessly joins with subsequent letters according to Arabic writing conventions.

General Properties

Code Point
U+FEEB
Name
Arabic Letter Heh Initial Form
Unicode 1.0 Name
Glyph for Initial Arabic Ha
Decomposition Mapping

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
ﻫ
HTML Hex Encoding
ﻫ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xBB 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFEEB
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FEEB
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufeeb