U+103CD "𐏍" Old Persian Sign Dahyaaush-2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐏍
U+103CD "𐏍" Old Persian Sign Dahyaaush-2 is a cuneiform symbol from the Old Persian script, used in the Achaemenid Empire of ancient Iran to represent the word "dahyaaush," meaning "province" or "country." This specific sign, designated as Dahyaaush-2, is a variation of the standard symbol for this term, likely employed as a logogram in monumental inscriptions, most notably those of King Darius I at sites like Behistun. It belongs to the Old Persian Cuneiform block within Unicode, encoded at U+103CD, and reflects the phonetic or syllabic complexities of the script, serving as a key artifact for deciphering the political and administrative language of the early Persian civilization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+103CD |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Old Persian Sign Dahyaaush-2 |
| Block | Old Persian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐏍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐏍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x8F 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDFCD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000103CD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udfcd |