U+10531 "𐔱" Caucasian Albanian Letter Bet Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+10531 "𐔱" Caucasian Albanian Letter Bet is a letter from the historical Caucasian Albanian script, which was used between the 5th and 12th centuries CE primarily to write the Udi language, a Northeast Caucasian language still spoken in parts of Azerbaijan and Georgia. This character represents the consonant sound /b/ and is part of an alphabet traditionally attributed to the Armenian monk Mesrop Mashtots, who is also credited with creating the Armenian and Georgian scripts. The Caucasian Albanian script was largely forgotten until rediscovered through medieval Armenian manuscripts and archaeological findings, such as the Sinai Palimpsest, which helped scholars decode the writing system. The letter Bet is the second character in the Caucasian Albanian alphabet, analogous to the Greek Beta or Armenian Ben, and its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital preservation and study of this ancient cultural heritage. Its visual form, a rounded shape with a descending tail, reflects the unique
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𐔱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𐔱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x90 0x94 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD801 0xDD31 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00010531 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud801\udd31 |
Unicode Properties