U+1085A "𐡚" Imperial Aramaic Number Three Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐡚

U+1085A "𐡚" Imperial Aramaic Number Three is a numeral from the Imperial Aramaic script, an ancient writing system used by the Achaemenid Empire for administrative and official purposes between approximately the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE. This character specifically represents the numeric value three, appearing as a distinct glyph that differs from the letters of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet. It belongs to the Imperial Aramaic block in Unicode, which was added to the standard in 2009 to support the digital encoding of this historical script. The use of a dedicated numeral in Imperial Aramaic reflects the script’s role in recording transactions, tax records, and correspondence, where numeric clarity was essential for governance across the vast Persian Empire.

General Properties

Code Point U+1085A
Version Added 5.2
Name Imperial Aramaic Number Three
Block Imperial Aramaic
General Category Other Number
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐡚
HTML Hex Encoding 𐡚
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA1 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDC5A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001085A
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udc5a

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type Numeric
Numeric Value 3
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Imperial Aramaic
Script Extensions Imperial Aramaic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other