This character is the Basmala which is the widest Unicode character. It means "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful."

According to a Reddit user who has now deleted their account: “It's an Arabic ligature commonly used in Urdu. It was added so someone using an Urdu keyboard can type it easier.”

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods