ﺍ is the Unicode character ARABIC LETTER ALEF ISOLATED FORM, code point U+FE8D (decimal 65165) in the Arabic Presentation Forms-B block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ﺍ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes EF BA 8D.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+FE8D |
| Decimal | 65165 |
| UTF-8 bytes | EF BA 8D |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | FE8D |
| UTF-32 | 0000FE8D |
| HTML decimal | ﺍ |
| HTML hex | ﺍ |
| CSS | \FE8D |
| JavaScript | \uFE8D |
| JSON | \uFE8D |
| Python | \uFE8D |
| Python by name | \N{ARABIC LETTER ALEF ISOLATED FORM} |
| Java, C# | \uFE8D |
| Rust, Swift | \u{FE8D} |
| Go, C, C++ | \uFE8D |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %EF%BA%8D |
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 LETTER ALEF ISOLATED FORM |
| Code point | U+FE8D (decimal 65165) |
| Block | Arabic Presentation Forms-B (U+FE70–U+FEFF) |
| 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 LETTER ALEF ISOLATED FORM 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.
Nearby in Arabic Presentation Forms-B
- ﺅ U+FE85 Arabic Letter Waw With Hamza Above Isolated Form
- ﺆ U+FE86 Arabic Letter Waw With Hamza Above Final Form
- ﺇ U+FE87 Arabic Letter Alef With Hamza Below Isolated Form
- ﺈ U+FE88 Arabic Letter Alef With Hamza Below Final Form
- ﺉ U+FE89 Arabic Letter Yeh With Hamza Above Isolated Form
- ﺊ U+FE8A Arabic Letter Yeh With Hamza Above Final Form
- ﺋ U+FE8B Arabic Letter Yeh With Hamza Above Initial Form
- ﺌ U+FE8C Arabic Letter Yeh With Hamza Above Medial Form
- ﺎ U+FE8E Arabic Letter Alef Final Form
- ﺏ U+FE8F Arabic Letter Beh Isolated Form
- ﺐ U+FE90 Arabic Letter Beh Final Form
- ﺑ U+FE91 Arabic Letter Beh Initial Form
- ﺒ U+FE92 Arabic Letter Beh Medial Form
- ﺓ U+FE93 Arabic Letter Teh Marbuta Isolated Form
- ﺔ U+FE94 Arabic Letter Teh Marbuta Final Form
- ﺕ U+FE95 Arabic Letter Teh Isolated Form
All 141 characters: Arabic Presentation Forms-B.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ﺍ?
- Use ﺍ (decimal) or ﺍ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+FE8D?
- EF BA 8D (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %EF%BA%8D.
- How do I write U+FE8D in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \uFE8D. Python: \uFE8D.
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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