What ﭸ means
It writes the Sindhi “ny” sound. This character is the letter’s initial form: it belongs at the start of a joining sequence, where it connects to the following letter.
Sindhi adapted Arabic script to write sounds that standard Arabic did not distinguish. A historical Sindhi account cites al-Jahiz mentioning Sindhi writing in 864 AD. The modern 52-letter Sindhi Arabic script was standardized under British administration in 1853.
This particular shape has a later, computer-era role: it preserves a positional form for compatibility. Its 1993 encoding dates the representation, not the history of the Sindhi letter.
How should I type this letter?
Type the base letter and let shaping choose its form.
For Sindhi text, enter ڃ with a Sindhi or Arabic-script keyboard. Arabic shaping selects an isolated, final, medial, or initial form from the letter’s position and joining neighbors; this presentation form is mainly for compatibility data or typography.
Technical and language-specific: this is a Sindhi letter form used in Arabic-script typography.
Do not use it for Jawi Nya; similar names refer to different letters.
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Who writes ﭸ
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What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsThe initial form writes the Sindhi Nyeh sound.
Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does ﭸ show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find ﭸ
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- Sindhi Nyeh · Sindhi letter · Sindhi alphabet · Arabic presentation form · ﭸ · word initial nyeh · jeem two dots
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ﭸ\FB78ڃ; Arabic shaping supplies this initial form when the joining context calls for it.Why is ﭸ a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.