U+10493 "𐒓" Osmanya Letter Waw Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐒓
U+10493 "𐒓" Osmanya Letter Waw is a letter from the Osmanya alphabet, which was created in the early 20th century specifically for writing the Somali language. This character represents the voiced bilabial approximant sound, similar to the English letter 'w', and its name "Waw" reflects its phonetic value as a semi-vowel. The Osmanya script, invented by Osman Yusuf Kenadid, was designed to replace the Latin and Arabic scripts for Somali, and it features a unique cursive style that distinguishes it from other writing systems. As a historical piece of encoding, this character is part of the Unicode Standard's Osmanya block, ensuring that digital text can preserve and display this culturally important script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10493 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Osmanya Letter Waw |
| Block | Osmanya |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐒓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐒓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x92 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDC93 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010493 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udc93 |