ﷺ is the Unicode character ARABIC LIGATURE SALLALLAHOU ALAYHE WASALLAM, code point U+FDFA (decimal 65018) in the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ﷺ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EF B7 BA.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+FDFA |
| Decimal | 65018 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EF B7 BA |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | FDFA |
| UTF-32 | 0000FDFA |
| HTML decimal | ﷺ |
| HTML hex | ﷺ |
| CSS | \FDFA |
| JavaScript | \uFDFA |
| JSON | \uFDFA |
| Python | \uFDFA |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC LIGATURE SALLALLAHOU ALAYHE WASALLAM} |
| Java, C# | \uFDFA |
| Rust, Swift | \u{FDFA} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uFDFA |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EF%B7%BA |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | ARABIC LIGATURE SALLALLAHOU ALAYHE WASALLAM |
| Code point | U+FDFA (decimal 65018) |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-A (U+FB50–U+FDFF) |
| General category | Lo: Other letter |
| Script | Arabic |
| Bidirectional class | AL: Right-to-left (Arabic) |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
ARABIC LIGATURE SALLALLAHOU ALAYHE WASALLAM has a compatibility decomposition (isolated) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
- ص U+0635 Arabic Letter Sad
- ل U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
- ى U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura
- U+0020 Space
- ا U+0627 Arabic Letter Alef
- ل U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
- ل U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
- ه U+0647 Arabic Letter Heh
- U+0020 Space
- ع U+0639 Arabic Letter Ain
- ل U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
- ي U+064A Arabic Letter Yeh
- ه U+0647 Arabic Letter Heh
- U+0020 Space
- و U+0648 Arabic Letter Waw
- س U+0633 Arabic Letter Seen
- ل U+0644 Arabic Letter Lam
- م U+0645 Arabic Letter Meem
Nearby in Arabic Presentation Forms-A
- ﷲ U+FDF2 Arabic Ligature Allah Isolated Form
- ﷳ U+FDF3 Arabic Ligature Akbar Isolated Form
- ﷴ U+FDF4 Arabic Ligature Mohammad Isolated Form
- ﷵ U+FDF5 Arabic Ligature Salam Isolated Form
- ﷶ U+FDF6 Arabic Ligature Rasoul Isolated Form
- ﷷ U+FDF7 Arabic Ligature Alayhe Isolated Form
- ﷸ U+FDF8 Arabic Ligature Wasallam Isolated Form
- ﷹ U+FDF9 Arabic Ligature Salla Isolated Form
- ﷻ U+FDFB Arabic Ligature Jallajalalouhou
- ﷼ U+FDFC Rial Sign
- ﷽ U+FDFD Arabic Ligature Bismillah Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem
- ﷾ U+FDFE Arabic Ligature Subhaanahu Wa Taaalaa
- ﷿ U+FDFF Arabic Ligature Azza Wa Jall
All 656 characters: Arabic Presentation Forms-A.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ﷺ?
- Use ﷺ (decimal) or ﷺ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+FDFA?
- EF B7 BA (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EF%B7%BA.
- How do I write U+FDFA in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uFDFA. Python: \uFDFA.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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