U+10805 "𐠅" Cypriot Syllable Ja Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐠅

U+10805 "𐠅" Cypriot Syllable Ja is a specific glyph from the Cypriot syllabary, an ancient script used primarily on the island of Cyprus from around the 11th to the 4th centuries BCE to write the Cypriot dialect of Greek. This syllabary, which is distinct from the Linear B script of mainland Greece, consists of signs representing syllables, and the character "ja" corresponds to a syllable beginning with the "y" sound followed by the vowel "a." The glyph itself is a geometric symbol composed of straight lines and notches, reflecting the script's origins in earlier Bronze Age writing systems like Cypro-Minoan. Today, this character is encoded in the Unicode standard within the Cypriot Syllabary block, allowing for digital representation and study of this historical writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+10805
Version Added 4.0
Name Cypriot Syllable Ja
Block Cypriot Syllabary
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐠅
HTML Hex Encoding 𐠅
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA0 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDC05
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010805
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udc05

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Cypriot
Script Extensions Cypriot
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter