U+102B4 "𐊴" Carian Letter X Unicode Character

U+102B4 "𐊴" Carian Letter X is a symbol from the Carian script, an ancient alphabetic writing system used primarily in Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) between the 7th and 3rd centuries BCE to write the Carian language. This specific letter represents the phonetic value /ks/ or possibly /kʃ/, functioning as a distinct consonant in the Carian alphabet. The character is part of the Carian block in Unicode, encoded to support scholarly work in historical linguistics and epigraphy, enabling accurate digital representation of Carian inscriptions found on stone monuments and coins. Its inclusion helps preserve the study of a language that remains only partially deciphered, with this letter being one of the more reliably identified sounds in the script.

General Properties

Code Point	U+102B4
Version Added	5.1
Name	Carian Letter X
Block	Carian
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐊴
HTML Hex Encoding	𐊴
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x8A 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD800 0xDEB4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000102B4
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud800\udeb4

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	Carian
Script Extensions	Carian
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	OLetter