U+0856 "ࡖ" Mandaic Letter Dushenna Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0856 "ࡖ" Mandaic Letter Dushenna is a letter from the Mandaic alphabet, which is used to write the Mandaic language, the liturgical language of the Mandaean religious community. This script is written from right to left and is primarily employed in sacred texts and inscriptions. The letter Dushenna represents a specific consonantal sound in the Mandaic phonology, and its name is derived from the traditional Mandaic letter naming system, which often references plants or spiritual concepts. As part of the Unicode Standard, it ensures that digital text can accurately represent this ancient and minority script, preserving its use for modern communication and scholarly work.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0856 |
| Version Added | 6.0 |
| Name | Mandaic Letter Dushenna |
| Block | Mandaic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ࡖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ࡖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE0 0xA1 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0856 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000856 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0856 |