U+103C2 "𐏂" Old Persian Sign Ssa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐏂
U+103C2 "𐏂" Old Persian Sign Ssa is a cuneiform script character used in the Old Persian language, primarily during the Achaemenid Empire, to represent the sound "ssa." It is part of the Old Persian block within Unicode, which was encoded to facilitate the digital representation of ancient inscriptions, such as those found on monuments and royal tablets. This sign appears in a syllabic writing system that was primarily phonetic, and its usage helps modern scholars accurately transcribe and study historical texts from the ancient Near East.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+103C2 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Old Persian Sign Ssa |
| Block | Old Persian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐏂 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐏂 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x8F 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDFC2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000103C2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udfc2 |