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8.8.2 Joining group of Arabic characters

The joining group of a character describes how the character’s shape is modified in the four contexts of dual-joining characters or in the two contexts of right-joining characters.

The joining group has the following possible values:

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_NONE ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_AIN ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_ALAPH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_ALEF ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_BEH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_BETH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_BURUSHASKI_YEH_BARREE ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_DAL ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_DALATH_RISH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_E ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_FARSI_YEH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_FE ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_FEH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_FINAL_SEMKATH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_GAF ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_GAMAL ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_HAH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_HE ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_HEH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_HEH_GOAL ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_HETH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_KAF ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_KAPH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_KHAPH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_KNOTTED_HEH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_LAM ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_LAMADH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MEEM ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MIM ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_NOON ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_NUN ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_NYA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_PE ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_QAF ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_QAPH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_REH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_REVERSED_PE ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_SAD ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_SADHE ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_SEEN ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_SEMKATH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_SHIN ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_SWASH_KAF ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_SYRIAC_WAW ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_TAH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_TAW ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_TEH_MARBUTA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_TEH_MARBUTA_GOAL ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_TETH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_WAW ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_YEH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_YEH_BARREE ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_YEH_WITH_TAIL ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_YUDH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_YUDH_HE ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_ZAIN ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_ZHAIN ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_ROHINGYA_YEH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_STRAIGHT_WAW ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_ALEPH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_BETH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_GIMEL ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_DALETH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_WAW ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_ZAYIN ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_HETH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_TETH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_YODH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_KAPH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_LAMEDH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_DHAMEDH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_THAMEDH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_MEM ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_NUN ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_SAMEKH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_AYIN ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_PE ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_SADHE ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_QOPH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_RESH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_TAW ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_ONE ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_FIVE ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_TEN ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_TWENTY ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MANICHAEAN_HUNDRED ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_AFRICAN_FEH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_AFRICAN_QAF ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_AFRICAN_NOON ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MALAYALAM_NGA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MALAYALAM_JA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MALAYALAM_NYA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MALAYALAM_TTA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MALAYALAM_NNA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MALAYALAM_NNNA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MALAYALAM_BHA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MALAYALAM_RA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MALAYALAM_LLA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MALAYALAM_LLLA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_MALAYALAM_SSA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_HANIFI_ROHINGYA_PA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_HANIFI_ROHINGYA_KINNA_YA ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_THIN_YEH ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_VERTICAL_TAIL ¶

Constant: int UC_JOINING_GROUP_KASHMIRI_YEH ¶

The following functions implement the association between a joining group and its name.

Function: const char * uc_joining_group_name (int joining_group) ¶

Returns the name of a joining group.

Function: int uc_joining_group_byname (const char *joining_group_name) ¶

Returns the joining group given by name, e.g. "Teh_Marbuta". This lookup ignores spaces, underscores, or hyphens as word separators and is case-insignificant.

The following function gives the joining group of every Unicode character.

Function: int uc_joining_group (ucs4_t uc) ¶

Returns the joining group of a Unicode character.