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

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