U+10523 "𐔣" Elbasan Letter Ze Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐔣
U+10523 "𐔣" Elbasan Letter Ze is a letter used in the Elbasan script, an alphabet created in the 18th century for writing the Albanian language, particularly within the context of the Elbasan Gospel manuscript. This specific character represents the sound /z/ and belongs to a historically significant writing system that reflects an early attempt to develop a vernacular Albanian orthography before the standardization of the modern Latin-based alphabet. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and enable digital representation of this unique script, which is valued for its cultural and linguistic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10523 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Elbasan Letter Ze |
| Block | Elbasan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐔣 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐔣 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x94 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDD23 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010523 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udd23 |