U+102B2 "𐊲" Carian Letter U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐊲
U+102B2 "𐊲" Carian Letter U is a symbol from the Carian alphabet, an ancient script used primarily in parts of Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) between the 7th and 3rd centuries BCE to write the Carian language. This specific letter represents the sound /u/ and is part of a larger set of characters that were deciphered in the 20th century, revealing a language related to the Luwian and Lycian branches of the Anatolian Indo-European family. The inclusion of the Carian Letter U in Unicode allows for digital representation and study of this extinct writing system, preserving its legacy for linguistic research and historical documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+102B2 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Carian Letter U |
| Block | Carian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐊲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐊲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x8A 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDEB2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000102B2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udeb2 |