U+103A7 "𐎧" Old Persian Sign Xa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐎧
U+103A7 "𐎧" Old Persian Sign Xa is a cuneiform character used in the Old Persian script, specifically representing the syllabic sound "xa." This script was employed primarily during the Achaemenid Empire, notably in monumental inscriptions such as those at Persepolis and Behistun, and was deciphered in the 19th century. As part of the Old Persian Cuneiform block in Unicode, this character helps encode a historical writing system that recorded the language of ancient Persia, offering modern scholars and digital typographers a way to accurately represent these inscriptions in plain text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+103A7 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Old Persian Sign Xa |
| Block | Old Persian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐎧 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐎧 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x8E 0xA7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDFA7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000103A7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udfa7 |