U+10857 "𐡗" Imperial Aramaic Section Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐡗
U+10857 "𐡗" Imperial Aramaic Section Sign is a script-specific punctuation mark from the Imperial Aramaic block, used in ancient texts written in the Imperial Aramaic script during the Achaemenid Persian Empire. This character functioned as a visual divider or section marker, similar in purpose to a modern pilcrow or section break, helping to separate distinct sections or paragraphs within inscriptions and documents. It is encoded in the Unicode Standard to support scholarly work and digital preservation of these historical writings, allowing for accurate representation of the original formatting and textual structure.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10857 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Imperial Aramaic Section Sign |
| Block | Imperial Aramaic |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐡗 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐡗 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xA1 0x97 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDC57 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010857 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udc57 |
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 | Break After |
| Script | Imperial Aramaic |
| Script Extensions | Imperial Aramaic |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |