U+103B4 "𐎴" Old Persian Sign Na Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐎴

U+103B4 "𐎴" Old Persian Sign Na is a cuneiform symbol representing the syllable "na" in the Old Persian language, which was used in the Achaemenid Empire from the 6th to the 4th century BCE. This sign belongs to the Old Persian script, a simplified, semi-alphabetic cuneiform system consisting of 36 phonetic signs and 8 logograms, which was primarily employed for royal inscriptions, such as those at Behistun and Persepolis. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard in version 5.2 as part of the Old Persian block ensures digital preservation and accessibility for scholars studying ancient Iranian history, linguistics, and epigraphy.

General Properties

Code Point U+103B4
Version Added 4.1
Name Old Persian Sign Na
Block Old Persian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐎴
HTML Hex Encoding 𐎴
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x8E 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDFB4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000103B4
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udfb4

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