U+103A6 "𐎦" Old Persian Sign Gu Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐎦

U+103A6 "𐎦" Old Persian Sign Gu is a cuneiform symbol from the Old Persian script, which was used primarily during the Achaemenid Empire from the 6th to 4th centuries BCE to write the Old Persian language. It represents the syllabic sound "gu" and belongs to the set of wedge-shaped signs carved into clay or stone monuments, most famously in inscriptions like that of Darius the Great at Behistun. This character is part of the Unicode standard's Old Persian block, encoded to preserve an ancient writing system that was deciphered in the 19th century, linking modern digital text to a pivotal era of ancient Mesopotamian and Persian history.

General Properties

Code Point U+103A6
Version Added 4.1
Name Old Persian Sign Gu
Block Old Persian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐎦
HTML Hex Encoding 𐎦
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x8E 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDFA6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000103A6
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udfa6

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 Persian
Script Extensions Old Persian
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