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arabic letter beeh initial form

Arabic Letter Beeh Initial Form

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ﭔ is the opening, joined shape of the Arabic-script beeh letter ٻ. For ordinary Sindhi and Saraiki text, enter ٻ and let text shaping choose the form; use ﭔ when a file or system needs this exact character. In these languages, the letter represents /ɓ/, a b-like sound made with inward airflow; “initial” describes its position, not another sound.

Text symbol

What ﭔ means

For ordinary text, enter ٻ and let shaping choose the form.

The nominal letter ٻ is the text identity; ﭔ is its fixed initial joining shape. Use the fixed form only when a legacy file, test, or other system requires that exact character.

On GNOME/GTK, press CtrlShiftU, release it, type FB54, then press Space or Enter. On macOS, enable Unicode Hex Input and hold Option while typing FB54. In Word or Outlook, type FB54 and press AltX.

Is ﭔ a separate letter from ٻ?

No; it is a fixed shape of the same letter.

Unicode maps ﭔ to the nominal extended-Arabic letter ٻ . Arabic letters change shape as they join: this is the form used at the start of a joining run. It does not add a sound or meaning.

In Sindhi, ٻ represents /ɓ/, a b-like sound made with inward airflow, and is distinct from ب /b/. Saraiki's Shahmukhi script uses ٻ for /ɓ/, drawing it from the extended Sindhi letter set. Sindhi's added dotted letters adapt Arabic writing to sounds in the language. One history traces Arabic-Sindhi writing to the early Arab era; another identifies a Sindhi Manzoomia dated 1067–1069 AH as its oldest specimen discussed. The Arabic-Sindhi standard was introduced under British administration in 1853.

A technical character for Sindhi or Saraiki text systems that need this exact shape; ordinary writing uses ٻ.

In ordinary text, ﭔ stores a chosen shape instead of the letter identity.

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Don't confuse it with

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ب
Arabic Letter Beh
Arabic bāʾ represents /b/; it shares a broad base shape but is a different letter.
پ
Arabic Letter Peh
Peh represents /p/ in several Arabic-script traditions; its added dots distinguish it from beeh.

Questions people ask

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Why does FB54 look different in different fonts?

Font coverage and outlines vary. Some fonts omit Arabic Presentation Forms-A characters, while others draw them differently; that does not change the character's identity.

How to type or find ﭔ

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FB54 · ﭔ · ٻ · Sindhi beeh · Saraiki beeh · Arabic presentation form
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType FB54, then AltX to get ﭔ.
Windows
⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).
macOS
⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “arabic letter beeh initial form”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType fb54, then Enter or Space.
HTML
ﭔ
CSS
\FB54
Ordinary text
Enter nominal ٻ; Arabic shaping supplies its initial form when it joins the following letter.
Linux (GNOME/GTK)
Press CtrlShiftU, release, type FB54, then press Space or Enter.
macOS
Enable Unicode Hex Input, then hold Option and type FB54.
Word or Outlook
Type FB54, then press AltX.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
ﭔ
HTML hex
ﭔ
CSS content
content: "\FB54";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EF%AD%94
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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