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Arabic Presentation Forms-B

U+FE70 – U+FEFF (65136–65279)

These characters are used with Arabic, with Arabic Extended-A, with Arabic Presentation Forms-A and with Arabic Supplement. You can find some real (non-Unicode) Arabic text to try at Arabic2000.Com and the Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram. You can read the Sonnets of Hafez in Unicode Persian and see some Unicode Arabic in the FAQ for the Ayna Arabic search engine and the What is Unicode? in Arabic page. You can see some Unicode Urdu on the Ghazal Web page.

Users of Internet Explorer 5 for Windows can choose to install Arabic Language Support, which allows you to view Arabic Web pages and adds Arabic support to some other applications. The latest versions of Microsoft’s core fonts for Windows (Arial, Courier New and Times New Roman) include Arabic characters.

Users of Macintosh computers running Mac OS 9 can install an Apple Language Kit that provides Arabic or Persian support in various applications.

Mac OS X incorporates support for Arabic from version 10.2 onwards.

The characters that appear in the “Character” columns of the following table depend on the browser that you are using, the fonts installed on your computer, and the browser options you have chosen that determine the fonts used to display particular character sets, encodings or languages.

You can find some or all of the characters in this range in the Windows Unicode fonts Aleem Urdu Unicode, Andalus, Arabic Transparent, Arabic Typesetting, Arial, Arial Unicode MS, Art (Bold Italic, Italic Outline), Courier New, Chrysanthi Unicode, CN-Arial, CN-Times, Code2000, DejaVu Sans, DejaVu Sans Condensed, DejaVu Sans Mono, Diwani (Bent, Letter, Outline Shaded, Simple Outline, Simple Outline2, Simple Striped), Farsi Simple (Bold, Outline), Fixedsys Excelsior, Free Idg Serif, GlobalScience, Goher Urdu Unicode, Kurdish AllAlphabets, Led Italic Font, Lucida Bright, Lucida Sans, Lucida Sans Typewriter, MD King KhammuRabi, Microsoft Sans Serif, Microsoft Uighur, MPH 2B Damase, Nastaleeq Like, Nesf2, NSimSun-18030, Old Antic (Bold, Decorative, Outline, Outline Shaded), PakType Naqsh, PakType Tehreer, Pashto Kror Asiatype, _PDMS_Saleem_QuranFont, PT (Bold Arch, Bold Broken, Bold Dusky, Bold Heading, Bold Mirror, Bold Stars, Separated Balloon, Simple Bold Ruled), Samda, Segoe UI, Simple (Bold Jut Out, Indust Outline, Indust Shaded, Outline Pat), Simplified Arabic, Simplified Arabic Fixed, SimSun-18030, Sun-ExtA, Tahoma, Times New Roman, TITUS Cyberbit Basic, Traditional Arabic, Unikurd Tishk, Unikurd Web, Urdu Naskh Asiatype, Urdu Naskh Unicode, Urdu Nastaliq Unicode, Zawgyi-One and zkurd ali.M; in the Macintosh OS 9 Unicode fonts AB AlBayan, AB Baghdad, AB Geeza, AB Kufi, AB Nadeem, DecoType Naskh, PS Amir, PS Asfahan, PS Kamran, PS Mashad, PS NadeemFarsi and Tahoma; and in the Macintosh OS X Unicode fonts Al Bayan, Arial, Baghdad, DecoType Naskh, Geeza Pro, Geezah, KufiStandardGK, Nadeem, STFangsong, STHeiti, STKaiti, STSong and Times New Roman.

To see exactly which characters are included in a particular font, you can use a utility such as Andrew West’s BabelMap, or Apple’s TrueEdit.

If you are not familiar with the characters, you can check the characters displayed here with the graphical display at http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/UFE70.pdf.

Character (decimal)	Decimal	Character (hex)	Hex	Name
ﹰ	65136	ﹰ	FE70	ARABIC FATHATAN ISOLATED FORM
ﹱ	65137	ﹱ	FE71	ARABIC TATWEEL WITH FATHATAN ABOVE
ﹲ	65138	ﹲ	FE72	ARABIC DAMMATAN ISOLATED FORM
ﹳ	65139	ﹳ	FE73	ARABIC TAIL FRAGMENT
ﹴ	65140	ﹴ	FE74	ARABIC KASRATAN ISOLATED FORM
ﹶ	65142	ﹶ	FE76	ARABIC FATHA ISOLATED FORM
ﹷ	65143	ﹷ	FE77	ARABIC FATHA MEDIAL FORM
ﹸ	65144	ﹸ	FE78	ARABIC DAMMA ISOLATED FORM
ﹹ	65145	ﹹ	FE79	ARABIC DAMMA MEDIAL FORM
ﹺ	65146	ﹺ	FE7A	ARABIC KASRA ISOLATED FORM
ﹻ	65147	ﹻ	FE7B	ARABIC KASRA MEDIAL FORM
ﹼ	65148	ﹼ	FE7C	ARABIC SHADDA ISOLATED FORM
ﹽ	65149	ﹽ	FE7D	ARABIC SHADDA MEDIAL FORM
ﹾ	65150	ﹾ	FE7E	ARABIC SUKUN ISOLATED FORM
ﹿ	65151	ﹿ	FE7F	ARABIC SUKUN MEDIAL FORM
ﺀ	65152	ﺀ	FE80	ARABIC LETTER HAMZA ISOLATED FORM
ﺁ	65153	ﺁ	FE81	ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE ISOLATED FORM
ﺂ	65154	ﺂ	FE82	ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE FINAL FORM
ﺃ	65155	ﺃ	FE83	ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE ISOLATED FORM
ﺄ	65156	ﺄ	FE84	ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE FINAL FORM
ﺅ	65157	ﺅ	FE85	ARABIC LETTER WAW WITH HAMZA ABOVE ISOLATED FORM
ﺆ	65158	ﺆ	FE86	ARABIC LETTER WAW WITH HAMZA ABOVE FINAL FORM
ﺇ	65159	ﺇ	FE87	ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW ISOLATED FORM
ﺈ	65160	ﺈ	FE88	ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW FINAL FORM
ﺉ	65161	ﺉ	FE89	ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE ISOLATED FORM
ﺊ	65162	ﺊ	FE8A	ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE FINAL FORM
ﺋ	65163	ﺋ	FE8B	ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE INITIAL FORM
ﺌ	65164	ﺌ	FE8C	ARABIC LETTER YEH WITH HAMZA ABOVE MEDIAL FORM
ﺍ	65165	ﺍ	FE8D	ARABIC LETTER ALEF ISOLATED FORM
ﺎ	65166	ﺎ	FE8E	ARABIC LETTER ALEF FINAL FORM
ﺏ	65167	ﺏ	FE8F	ARABIC LETTER BEH ISOLATED FORM
ﺐ	65168	ﺐ	FE90	ARABIC LETTER BEH FINAL FORM
ﺑ	65169	ﺑ	FE91	ARABIC LETTER BEH INITIAL FORM
ﺒ	65170	ﺒ	FE92	ARABIC LETTER BEH MEDIAL FORM
ﺓ	65171	ﺓ	FE93	ARABIC LETTER TEH MARBUTA ISOLATED FORM
ﺔ	65172	ﺔ	FE94	ARABIC LETTER TEH MARBUTA FINAL FORM
ﺕ	65173	ﺕ	FE95	ARABIC LETTER TEH ISOLATED FORM
ﺖ	65174	ﺖ	FE96	ARABIC LETTER TEH FINAL FORM
ﺗ	65175	ﺗ	FE97	ARABIC LETTER TEH INITIAL FORM
ﺘ	65176	ﺘ	FE98	ARABIC LETTER TEH MEDIAL FORM
ﺙ	65177	ﺙ	FE99	ARABIC LETTER THEH ISOLATED FORM
ﺚ	65178	ﺚ	FE9A	ARABIC LETTER THEH FINAL FORM
ﺛ	65179	ﺛ	FE9B	ARABIC LETTER THEH INITIAL FORM
ﺜ	65180	ﺜ	FE9C	ARABIC LETTER THEH MEDIAL FORM
ﺝ	65181	ﺝ	FE9D	ARABIC LETTER JEEM ISOLATED FORM
ﺞ	65182	ﺞ	FE9E	ARABIC LETTER JEEM FINAL FORM
ﺟ	65183	ﺟ	FE9F	ARABIC LETTER JEEM INITIAL FORM
ﺠ	65184	ﺠ	FEA0	ARABIC LETTER JEEM MEDIAL FORM
ﺡ	65185	ﺡ	FEA1	ARABIC LETTER HAH ISOLATED FORM
ﺢ	65186	ﺢ	FEA2	ARABIC LETTER HAH FINAL FORM
ﺣ	65187	ﺣ	FEA3	ARABIC LETTER HAH INITIAL FORM
ﺤ	65188	ﺤ	FEA4	ARABIC LETTER HAH MEDIAL FORM
ﺥ	65189	ﺥ	FEA5	ARABIC LETTER KHAH ISOLATED FORM
ﺦ	65190	ﺦ	FEA6	ARABIC LETTER KHAH FINAL FORM
ﺧ	65191	ﺧ	FEA7	ARABIC LETTER KHAH INITIAL FORM
ﺨ	65192	ﺨ	FEA8	ARABIC LETTER KHAH MEDIAL FORM
ﺩ	65193	ﺩ	FEA9	ARABIC LETTER DAL ISOLATED FORM
ﺪ	65194	ﺪ	FEAA	ARABIC LETTER DAL FINAL FORM
ﺫ	65195	ﺫ	FEAB	ARABIC LETTER THAL ISOLATED FORM
ﺬ	65196	ﺬ	FEAC	ARABIC LETTER THAL FINAL FORM
ﺭ	65197	ﺭ	FEAD	ARABIC LETTER REH ISOLATED FORM
ﺮ	65198	ﺮ	FEAE	ARABIC LETTER REH FINAL FORM
ﺯ	65199	ﺯ	FEAF	ARABIC LETTER ZAIN ISOLATED FORM
ﺰ	65200	ﺰ	FEB0	ARABIC LETTER ZAIN FINAL FORM
ﺱ	65201	ﺱ	FEB1	ARABIC LETTER SEEN ISOLATED FORM
ﺲ	65202	ﺲ	FEB2	ARABIC LETTER SEEN FINAL FORM
ﺳ	65203	ﺳ	FEB3	ARABIC LETTER SEEN INITIAL FORM
ﺴ	65204	ﺴ	FEB4	ARABIC LETTER SEEN MEDIAL FORM
ﺵ	65205	ﺵ	FEB5	ARABIC LETTER SHEEN ISOLATED FORM
ﺶ	65206	ﺶ	FEB6	ARABIC LETTER SHEEN FINAL FORM
ﺷ	65207	ﺷ	FEB7	ARABIC LETTER SHEEN INITIAL FORM
ﺸ	65208	ﺸ	FEB8	ARABIC LETTER SHEEN MEDIAL FORM
ﺹ	65209	ﺹ	FEB9	ARABIC LETTER SAD ISOLATED FORM
ﺺ	65210	ﺺ	FEBA	ARABIC LETTER SAD FINAL FORM
ﺻ	65211	ﺻ	FEBB	ARABIC LETTER SAD INITIAL FORM
ﺼ	65212	ﺼ	FEBC	ARABIC LETTER SAD MEDIAL FORM
ﺽ	65213	ﺽ	FEBD	ARABIC LETTER DAD ISOLATED FORM
ﺾ	65214	ﺾ	FEBE	ARABIC LETTER DAD FINAL FORM
ﺿ	65215	ﺿ	FEBF	ARABIC LETTER DAD INITIAL FORM
ﻀ	65216	ﻀ	FEC0	ARABIC LETTER DAD MEDIAL FORM
ﻁ	65217	ﻁ	FEC1	ARABIC LETTER TAH ISOLATED FORM
ﻂ	65218	ﻂ	FEC2	ARABIC LETTER TAH FINAL FORM
ﻃ	65219	ﻃ	FEC3	ARABIC LETTER TAH INITIAL FORM
ﻄ	65220	ﻄ	FEC4	ARABIC LETTER TAH MEDIAL FORM
ﻅ	65221	ﻅ	FEC5	ARABIC LETTER ZAH ISOLATED FORM
ﻆ	65222	ﻆ	FEC6	ARABIC LETTER ZAH FINAL FORM
ﻇ	65223	ﻇ	FEC7	ARABIC LETTER ZAH INITIAL FORM
ﻈ	65224	ﻈ	FEC8	ARABIC LETTER ZAH MEDIAL FORM
ﻉ	65225	ﻉ	FEC9	ARABIC LETTER AIN ISOLATED FORM
ﻊ	65226	ﻊ	FECA	ARABIC LETTER AIN FINAL FORM
ﻋ	65227	ﻋ	FECB	ARABIC LETTER AIN INITIAL FORM
ﻌ	65228	ﻌ	FECC	ARABIC LETTER AIN MEDIAL FORM
ﻍ	65229	ﻍ	FECD	ARABIC LETTER GHAIN ISOLATED FORM
ﻎ	65230	ﻎ	FECE	ARABIC LETTER GHAIN FINAL FORM
ﻏ	65231	ﻏ	FECF	ARABIC LETTER GHAIN INITIAL FORM
ﻐ	65232	ﻐ	FED0	ARABIC LETTER GHAIN MEDIAL FORM
ﻑ	65233	ﻑ	FED1	ARABIC LETTER FEH ISOLATED FORM
ﻒ	65234	ﻒ	FED2	ARABIC LETTER FEH FINAL FORM
ﻓ	65235	ﻓ	FED3	ARABIC LETTER FEH INITIAL FORM
ﻔ	65236	ﻔ	FED4	ARABIC LETTER FEH MEDIAL FORM
ﻕ	65237	ﻕ	FED5	ARABIC LETTER QAF ISOLATED FORM
ﻖ	65238	ﻖ	FED6	ARABIC LETTER QAF FINAL FORM
ﻗ	65239	ﻗ	FED7	ARABIC LETTER QAF INITIAL FORM
ﻘ	65240	ﻘ	FED8	ARABIC LETTER QAF MEDIAL FORM
ﻙ	65241	ﻙ	FED9	ARABIC LETTER KAF ISOLATED FORM
ﻚ	65242	ﻚ	FEDA	ARABIC LETTER KAF FINAL FORM
ﻛ	65243	ﻛ	FEDB	ARABIC LETTER KAF INITIAL FORM
ﻜ	65244	ﻜ	FEDC	ARABIC LETTER KAF MEDIAL FORM
ﻝ	65245	ﻝ	FEDD	ARABIC LETTER LAM ISOLATED FORM
ﻞ	65246	ﻞ	FEDE	ARABIC LETTER LAM FINAL FORM
ﻟ	65247	ﻟ	FEDF	ARABIC LETTER LAM INITIAL FORM
ﻠ	65248	ﻠ	FEE0	ARABIC LETTER LAM MEDIAL FORM
ﻡ	65249	ﻡ	FEE1	ARABIC LETTER MEEM ISOLATED FORM
ﻢ	65250	ﻢ	FEE2	ARABIC LETTER MEEM FINAL FORM
ﻣ	65251	ﻣ	FEE3	ARABIC LETTER MEEM INITIAL FORM
ﻤ	65252	ﻤ	FEE4	ARABIC LETTER MEEM MEDIAL FORM
ﻥ	65253	ﻥ	FEE5	ARABIC LETTER NOON ISOLATED FORM
ﻦ	65254	ﻦ	FEE6	ARABIC LETTER NOON FINAL FORM
ﻧ	65255	ﻧ	FEE7	ARABIC LETTER NOON INITIAL FORM
ﻨ	65256	ﻨ	FEE8	ARABIC LETTER NOON MEDIAL FORM
ﻩ	65257	ﻩ	FEE9	ARABIC LETTER HEH ISOLATED FORM
ﻪ	65258	ﻪ	FEEA	ARABIC LETTER HEH FINAL FORM
ﻫ	65259	ﻫ	FEEB	ARABIC LETTER HEH INITIAL FORM
ﻬ	65260	ﻬ	FEEC	ARABIC LETTER HEH MEDIAL FORM
ﻭ	65261	ﻭ	FEED	ARABIC LETTER WAW ISOLATED FORM
ﻮ	65262	ﻮ	FEEE	ARABIC LETTER WAW FINAL FORM
ﻯ	65263	ﻯ	FEEF	ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA ISOLATED FORM
ﻰ	65264	ﻰ	FEF0	ARABIC LETTER ALEF MAKSURA FINAL FORM
ﻱ	65265	ﻱ	FEF1	ARABIC LETTER YEH ISOLATED FORM
ﻲ	65266	ﻲ	FEF2	ARABIC LETTER YEH FINAL FORM
ﻳ	65267	ﻳ	FEF3	ARABIC LETTER YEH INITIAL FORM
ﻴ	65268	ﻴ	FEF4	ARABIC LETTER YEH MEDIAL FORM
ﻵ	65269	ﻵ	FEF5	ARABIC LIGATURE LAM WITH ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE ISOLATED FORM
ﻶ	65270	ﻶ	FEF6	ARABIC LIGATURE LAM WITH ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE FINAL FORM
ﻷ	65271	ﻷ	FEF7	ARABIC LIGATURE LAM WITH ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE ISOLATED FORM
ﻸ	65272	ﻸ	FEF8	ARABIC LIGATURE LAM WITH ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE FINAL FORM
ﻹ	65273	ﻹ	FEF9	ARABIC LIGATURE LAM WITH ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW ISOLATED FORM
ﻺ	65274	ﻺ	FEFA	ARABIC LIGATURE LAM WITH ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW FINAL FORM
ﻻ	65275	ﻻ	FEFB	ARABIC LIGATURE LAM WITH ALEF ISOLATED FORM
ﻼ	65276	ﻼ	FEFC	ARABIC LIGATURE LAM WITH ALEF FINAL FORM
‘’	65279	‘’	FEFF	ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE

The hexadecimal numbers and the character names in the above table are taken from the Unicode 3.2 Character Database, Copyright © 1991–2002 Unicode, Inc., as contained in UnicodeData.txt on the Unicode Web site (http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/) in April 2002.

Created 3rd February 1999 Last updated 16th December 2009