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

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