U+103B2 "𐎲" Old Persian Sign Ba Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐎲

U+103B2 "𐎲" Old Persian Sign Ba is a cuneiform glyph used in the Old Persian script, a syllabic writing system employed by the Achaemenid Empire of ancient Iran. This specific sign represents the syllable "ba" and is part of the Old Persian cuneiform block, which was deciphered in the 19th century using trilingual inscriptions from sites like Persepolis and Behistun. The character is visually distinct, typically appearing as a wedge-shaped mark with two horizontal and one vertical stroke, reflecting the angular, wedge-like impressions made by a reed stylus on clay tablets. Its inclusion in Unicode allows digital preservation and representation of this historically significant script, facilitating scholarly research and display of ancient Persian texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+103B2
Version Added 4.1
Name Old Persian Sign Ba
Block Old Persian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐎲
HTML Hex Encoding 𐎲
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x8E 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDFB2
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000103B2
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udfb2

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