Computerized Arabic

Arabic Character Use Table

Rabid Arabic Proposal

Note: this is based partly on Marianne Morris' study of glyph use in Arabic periodical and informational publications during October 2000 - May 2001. Her sources came from several cities and countries in and around the eastern Mediterranean. Her contributions were critical, but she should not be held responsible for any errors in this proposal, which are mine.

Ordering is according to Unicode number although in the case of duplicates I've broken my own rule/suggestion, because I've used the higher number. MS numbers are the names used by MicroSoft in Arial, Tahoma and Times. Those characters without a MS number do not appear to be represented in those fonts.

The final 3 characters do not appear to have Unicode numbers. I am wrong, I am happy to be corrected.

Unicode No(s)	Unicode Name	MS Name
u060C	arabic comma	afii57388
u061B	arabic semicolon	afii57403
u061F	arabic questionmark	afii57407
u0660	zero	afii57392
u0661	one	afii57393
u0662	two	afii57394
u0663	three	afii57395
u0664	four	afii57396
u0665	five	afii57397
u0666	six	afii57398
u0667	seven	afii57399
u0668	eight	afii57400
u0669	nine	afii57401
u066A	percent sign	afii57381
uFB50/u0671	alef wasla isolated
uFB51	alef wasla final
uFB56/u067E	peh isolated: persian, urdu	afii57506
uFB57	peh final	afii62958
uFB58	peh initial	afii62956
uFB59	peh medial	afii52957
uFB6A/u06A4	veh isolated: foreign	afii57505
uFB6B	veh final	afii57369
uFB6C	veh initial	afii57372
uFB6D	veh medial	afii57371
uFB7A/u0686	tcheh isolated: persian, urdu	afii57507
uFB7B	tcheh final	afii62961
uFB7C	tcheh initial	afii62959
uFB7D	tcheh medial	afii62960
uFB8A/u0698	jeh isolated: persian, urdu	afii57508
uFB8B	jeh final	afii62962
uFB8E/u06A9	keheh isolated: persian, urdu	afii57567
uFB8F	keheh final	afii62964
uFB90	keheh initial	afii52305
uFB91	keheh medial	afii52306
uFB92/u06AF	gaf isolated: persian, urdu	afii57509
uFB93	gaf final	afii62967
uFB94	gaf initial	afii62965
uFB95	gaf medial	afii62966
uFBFC/u06CC	farsi yeh isolated: arabic, persian, urdu	afii57555
uFBFD	farsi yeh final	afii52364
uFC08	beh with meem isolated
uFC09	beh with alef maksura isolated
uFC0A	beh with yeh isolated
uFC0E	teh with meem isolated
uFC10	teh with yeh isolated
uFC12	theh with meem isolated
uFC31	feh with alef maksura isolated
uFC32	feh with yeh isolated
uFC3F	lam with jeem isolated
uFC40	lam with hah isolated
uFC41	lam with khah isolated
uFC42	lam with meem isolated
uFC43	lam with alef maksura isolated
uFC44	lam with yeh isolated
uFC4F	noon with alef maksura isolated
uFC50	noon with yeh isolated
uFC58	yeh with meem isolated
uFC59	yeh with alef maksura isolated
uFC6A	beh with reh final
uFC6D	beh with noon final
uFC6F	beh with yeh final
uFC73	teh with noon final
uFC74	teh with alef maksura final
uFC75	teh with yeh final
uFC8B	noon with zain final
uFC8E	noon with alef maksura final
uFC8F	noon with yeh final
uFC91	yeh with reh final
uFC94	yeh with noon final
uFC95	yeh with alef maksura final
uFC9D	beh with hah initial
uFC9E	beh with khah initial
uFC9F	beh with meem initial
uFCA0	beh with heh initial
uFCA1	teh with jeem initial
uFCA2	teh with hah initial
uFCA3	teh with khah initial
uFCA4	teh with meem initial
uFCA5	teh with heh initial
uFCA6	theh with meem initial
uFCA8	jeem with hah initial
uFCAA	hah with meem initial
uFCAC	khah with meem initial
uFCB0	seen with meem initial
uFCC9	lam with jeem initial
uFCCA	lam with hah initial
uFCCB	lam with khah initial
uFCCC	lam with meem initial
uFCCD	lam with heh initial
uFCCE	meem with jeem initial
uFCCF	meem with hah initial
uFCD0	meem with khah initial
uFCD1	meem with meem initial
uFCD2	noon with jeem initial
uFCD3	noon with hah initial
uFCD4	noon with khah initial
uFCD5	noon with meem initial
uFCD6	noon with heh initial
uFCD8	heh with meem initial
uFCDA	yeh with jeem initial
uFCDB	yeh with hah initial
uFCDC	yeh with khah initial
uFCDD	yeh with meem initial
uFCF2	shadda with fatha medial
uFCF3	shadda with damma medial
uFCF4	shadda with kasra medial
uFD30	sheen with meem initial
uFD3C	alef with fathatan final
uFD3D	alef with fathatan isolated
uFD3E	ornate left parenthesis	afii64060
uFD3F	ornate right parenthesis	afii64061
uFD83	lam with jeem with jeem initial
uFD88	lam with meem with hah initial
uFDF2	allah isolated	afii64184
uFE71	tatweel with fathatan above
uFE81/u0622	alef with madda above isolated	afii52400
uFE82	alef with madda above final	afii62753
uFE83/u0623	alef with hamza above isolated	afii57411
uFE84	alef with hamza above final	afii62754
uFE85/u0624	waw with hamza above isolated	afii57412

Unicode No(s)	Unicode Name	MS Name
uFE86	waw with hamza above final	afii62755
uFE87/u0625	alef with hamza below isolated	afii57413
uFE88	alef with hamza below final	afii62756
uFE89/u0626	yeh with hamza above isolated	afii57414
uFE8A	yeh with hamza above final	afii62759
uFE8B	yeh with hamza above initial	afii62757
uFE8C	yeh with hamza above medial	afii62758
uFE8D/u0627	alef isolated	afii57415
uFE8E	alef final	afii62760
uFE8F/u0628	beh isolated	afii57416
uFE90	beh final	afii62763
uFE91	beh initial	afii62761
uFE92	beh medial	afii62762
uFE93/u0629	teh marbuta isolated	afii57417
uFE94	teh marbuta final	afii62764
uFE95/u062A	teh isolated	afii57418
uFE96	teh final	afii62767
uFE97	teh initial	afii62765
uFE98	teh medial	afii62766
uFE99/u062B	theh isolated	afii57419
uFE9A	theh final	afii62770
uFE9B	theh initial	afii62768
uFE9C	theh medial	afii62769
uFE9D/u062C	jeem isolated	afii57420
uFE9E	jeem final	afii62773
uFE9F	jeem initial	afii62771
uFEA0	jeem medial	afii62772
uFEA1/u062D	hah isolated	afii57421
uFEA2	hah final	afii62776
uFEA3	hah initial	afii62774
uFEA4	hah medial	afii62775
uFEA5/u062E	khah isolated	afii57422
uFEA6	khah final	afii62779
uFEA7	khah initial	afii62777
uFEA8	khah medial	afii62778
uFEA9/u062F	dal isolated	afii57423
uFEAA	dal final	afii62780
uFEAB/u0630	thal isolated	afii57424
uFEAC	thal final	afii62781
uFEAD/u0631	reh isolated	afii57425
uFEAE	reh final	afii62782
uFEAF/u0632	zain isolated	afii57426
uFEB0	zain final	afii62783
uFEB1/u0633	seen isolated	afii57427
uFEB2	seen final	afii62786
uFEB3	seen initial	afii62784
uFEB4	seen medial	afii62785
uFEB5/u0634	sheen isolated	afii57428
uFEB6	sheen final	afii62789
uFEB7	sheen initial	afii62787
uFEB8	sheen medial	afii62789
uFEB9/u0635	sad isolated	afii57429
uFEBA	sad final	afii62792
uFEBB	sad initial	afii92790
uFEBC	sad medial	afii62791
uFEBD/u0636	dad isolated	afii57430
uFEBE	dad final	afii62795
uFEBF	dad initial	afii62793
uFEC0	dad medial	afii62794
uFEC1/u0637	tah isolated	afii57431
uFEC2	tah final	afii62798
uFEC3	tah initial	afii62796
uFEC4	tah medial	afii62797
uFEC5/u0638	zah isolated	afii57432
uFEC6	zah final	afii62801
uFEC7	zah initial	afii62799
uFEC8	zah medial	afii62800
uFEC9/u0639	ain solated	afii57433
uFECA	ain final	afii62804
uFECB	ain initial	afii62802
uFECC	ain medial	afii62803
uFECD/u063A	ghain isolated	afii57434
uFECE	ghain final	afii62807
uFECF	ghain initial	afii62805
uFED0	ghain medial	afii62806
uFED1/u0641	feh isolated	afii57441
uFED2	feh final	afii62810
uFED3	feh initial	afii62808
uFED4	feh medial	afii62809
uFED5/u0642	qaf isolated	afii57442
uFED6	qaf final	afii62813
uFED7	qaf initial	afii62811
uFED8	qaf medial	afii62812
uFED9/u0643	kaf isolated	afii57443
uFEDA	kaf final	afii62816
uFEDB	kaf initial	afii62410
uFEDC	kaf medial	afii62815
uFEDD/u0644	lam isolated	afii57444
uFEDE	lam final	afii62819
uFEDF	lam initial	afii62817
uFEE0	lam medial	afii62818
uFEE1/u0645	meem isolated	afii57445
uFEE2	meem final	afii62822
uFEE3	meem initial	afii62820
uFEE4	meem medial	afii62821
uFEE5/u0646	noon isolated	afii57446
uFEE6	noon final	afii62825
uFEE7	noon initial	afii62826
uFEE8	noon medial	afii62827
uFEE9/u0647	heh isolated	afii57447
uFEEA	heh final	afii62828
uFEEB	heh initial	afii57470
uFEEC	heh medial	afii62827
uFEED/u0648	waw isolated	afii57448
uFEEE	waw final	afii62827
uFEEF/u0649	alef maksura isolated	afii57449
uFEF0	alef maksura final	afii62830
uFEF1/u064A	yeh isolated	afii57450
uFEF2	yeh final	afii62833
uFEF3	yeh initial	afii62831
uFEF4	yeh medial	afii62833
uFEF5	lam with alef with madda above isolated	afii62834
uFEF6	lam with alef with madda above final	afii62835
uFEF7	lam with alef with hamza above isolated	afii62836
uFEF8	lam with alef with hamza above final	afii62837
uFEF9	lam with alef with hamza below isolated	afii62838
uFEFA	lam with alef with hamza below final	afii62839
uFEFB	lam with alef isolated	afii62840
uFEFC	lam with alef final	afii62841
no Unicode	peh with heh initial
no Unicode	shadda with fathatan isolated
no Unicode	rayaleflam