U+10314 "𐌔" Old Italic Letter Es Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐌔

U+10314 "𐌔" Old Italic Letter Es is a character from the Old Italic script block, representing the letter "s" as used in various ancient Italic alphabets, such as Etruscan, Oscan, and Umbrian. This script was derived from a Western variant of the Greek alphabet and served as the precursor to the Latin alphabet, with the letter Es contributing to the development of the modern Latin "S". The character is encoded in Unicode to support the digital representation of these historical writing systems, aiding in scholarly work, linguistic research, and the preservation of ancient inscriptions. Its visual shape, resembling a rounded or angular "S" depending on the specific Italic tradition, reflects the diverse regional forms found in archaeological artifacts.

General Properties

Code Point U+10314
Version Added 3.1
Name Old Italic Letter Es
Block Old Italic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐌔
HTML Hex Encoding 𐌔
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x8C 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDF14
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010314
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udf14

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 Old Italic
Script Extensions Old Italic
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