U+103CB "𐏋" Old Persian Sign Xshaayathiya Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐏋
U+103CB "𐏋" Old Persian Sign Xshaayathiya is a cuneiform symbol from the Old Persian script, used to represent the word for "king" or "monarch" in the Achaemenid Empire. This logogram appears in royal inscriptions, most famously at Persepolis and Behistun, where it denotes the title of the Persian sovereign, often translated as "xšāyaθiya" in the ancient language. The sign is composed of wedge-shaped strokes typical of cuneiform writing and stands as a distinct glyph within the Old Persian block of Unicode, serving as a key artifact for deciphering and preserving the linguistic heritage of early Persian civilization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+103CB |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Old Persian Sign Xshaayathiya |
| Block | Old Persian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐏋 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐏋 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x8F 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDFCB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000103CB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udfcb |