U+10193 "𐆓" Roman Sextula Sign Unicode Character

U+10193 "𐆓" Roman Sextula Sign is a historical symbol from the Roman monetary and weight system, representing the sextula, a unit equal to one sixth of an uncia or one seventy second of a Roman as. This character belongs to the Ancient Symbols block of Unicode and is used in epigraphic and numismatic contexts to denote a specific denomination of bronze coinage or a measure of weight for precious metals. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows scholars and digital typographers to accurately represent ancient Roman inscriptions and texts without relying on approximate substitutes. The sextula sign visually resembles a stylized letter "S" with a horizontal stroke, reflecting its origin in Roman cursive script and its role in documenting economic transactions in classical antiquity.

General Properties

Code Point	U+10193
Version Added	5.1
Name	Roman Sextula Sign
Block	Ancient Symbols
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐆓
HTML Hex Encoding	𐆓
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x86 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDD93
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00010193
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udd93

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other