# U+206D ACTIVATE ARABIC FORM SHAPING

Deprecated invisible formatting control that enables contextual Arabic letter shaping.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+206D |
| Name | ACTIVATE ARABIC FORM SHAPING |
| Block | [General Punctuation](https://unicodekit.com/block/general-punctuation) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Format (Cf) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `&#8301;` `&#x206D;` |
| CSS | `\206D` |
| JavaScript | `\u206D` |
| UTF-8 | E2 81 AD |
| UTF-16 | 206D |

## Related characters

- [U+206C INHIBIT ARABIC FORM SHAPING](https://unicodekit.com/char/206C)
- [U+206E NATIONAL DIGIT SHAPES](https://unicodekit.com/char/206E)
- [U+206B ACTIVATE SYMMETRIC SWAPPING](https://unicodekit.com/char/206B)
- [U+206F NOMINAL DIGIT SHAPES](https://unicodekit.com/char/206F)
- [U+206A INHIBIT SYMMETRIC SWAPPING](https://unicodekit.com/char/206A)
- [U+2069 POP DIRECTIONAL ISOLATE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2069)
- [U+2068 FIRST STRONG ISOLATE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2068)
- [U+2067 RIGHT-TO-LEFT ISOLATE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2067)
- [U+2066 LEFT-TO-RIGHT ISOLATE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2066)
- [U+2064 INVISIBLE PLUS](https://unicodekit.com/char/2064)
- [U+2063 INVISIBLE SEPARATOR](https://unicodekit.com/char/2063)
- [U+2062 INVISIBLE TIMES](https://unicodekit.com/char/2062)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/206D · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/206D
