U+103CA "𐏊" Old Persian Sign Auramazdaaha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐏊
U+103CA "𐏊" Old Persian Sign Auramazdaaha is a logogram from the Old Persian cuneiform script, used in inscriptions of the Achaemenid Empire to represent the name of the supreme Zoroastrian deity Ahura Mazda, often referred to as the "Wise Lord." This character was employed as a shorthand or ideographic symbol within royal texts, most notably in the monumental trilingual inscriptions of kings like Darius I and Xerxes I at sites such as Persepolis and Behistun. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate digital representation of this ancient writing system, preserving a direct link to the religious and political language of the Persian Empire.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+103CA |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Old Persian Sign Auramazdaaha |
| Block | Old Persian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐏊 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐏊 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x8F 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDFCA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000103CA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udfca |