U+0851 "ࡑ" Mandaic Letter Asz Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0851 "ࡑ" Mandaic Letter Asz is a character from the Mandaic script, which is used to write the Mandaic language, the liturgical language of the Mandaean religious community. This letter represents the sound "sz" (similar to the English "sh") and is part of a unique alphabet derived from Aramaic, featuring a distinct cursive and rounded appearance. The Mandaic script was added to the Unicode Standard in 2010 as part of version 6.0, and U+0851 is specifically used in religious texts, prayers, and inscriptions to preserve the Mandaean faith's ancient traditions and oral heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0851 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Mandaic Letter Asz |
| Block | Mandaic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࡑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࡑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA1 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0851 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000851 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0851 |