U+103C1 "𐏁" Old Persian Sign Sha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐏁

U+103C1 "𐏁" Old Persian Sign Sha is a cuneiform symbol from the Old Persian script, specifically representing the consonantal sound "sha," which was used in the Achaemenid Empire between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE for royal inscriptions, most notably at sites like Persepolis and Behistun.

General Properties

Code Point U+103C1
Version Added 4.1
Name Old Persian Sign Sha
Block Old Persian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐏁
HTML Hex Encoding 𐏁
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x8F 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD800 0xDFC1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000103C1
C/C++/Java Escape \ud800\udfc1

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