U+1031A "𐌚" Old Italic Letter Ef Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐌚

U+1031A "𐌚" Old Italic Letter Ef is a glyph representing the letter Ef from the Old Italic script, which was used by various ancient Italian peoples, including the Etruscans and early Romans, before the adoption of the Latin alphabet. This character corresponds to the sound equivalent to the English letter F and is part of the Old Italic Unicode block, which preserves these historical writing systems for digital and scholarly use. Its design typically resembles a triangular or angled shape similar to a modern Latin lowercase v, reflecting its origins in the Etruscan alphabet, which was itself adapted from the Greek alphabet. The inclusion of this letter allows for accurate digital representation of inscriptions and texts from ancient Italy, aiding in linguistic and historical research.

General Properties

Code Point U+1031A
Version Added 3.1
Name Old Italic Letter Ef
Block Old Italic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐌚
HTML Hex Encoding 𐌚
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x8C 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDF1A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001031A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udf1a

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