What 𞸀 means
The formula assigns this letter its mathematical role.
Math written in Arabic or Persian uses alphabetic symbols whose styles can carry different roles. Manuscripts and printed handbooks used this family for centuries before a 2006 proposal sought separate characters to preserve those styles in digital equations.
Why doesn’t 𞸀 connect to nearby letters?
Arabic mathematical letters do not use ordinary letter shaping.
In an Arabic word, a letter may change shape as it joins others; this math form stays isolated.
Who writes 𞸀
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𞸀 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𞸀
- Search it as
- math alef · Arabic math letter · Arabic equations
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𞸀CSS
\1EE00Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𞸀
HTML hex
𞸀
CSS content
content: "\1EE00";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9E%B8%80
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.