U+103BE "𐎾" Old Persian Sign La Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐎾

U+103BE "𐎾" Old Persian Sign La is a cuneiform script character used in the writing system of the ancient Achaemenid Empire, employed primarily to represent the syllable "la" in the Old Persian language. Carved into monuments and royal inscriptions, such as those at Behistun and Persepolis, this sign is part of a syllabic script that was deciphered in the 19th century, helping modern scholars unlock historical records of Persian kings and their conquests. The character features distinctive wedge shaped marks typical of cuneiform writing, reflecting the stylized impressions made by a reed stylus on clay or stone. U+103BE was added to the Unicode Standard in version 5.2, released in 2009, ensuring that this ancient script can be accurately preserved and reproduced in digital text for linguistic and historical research.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐎾
HTML Hex Encoding 𐎾
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x8E 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDFBE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000103BE
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udfbe

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