U+1086C "𐡬" Palmyrene Letter Mem Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐡬

U+1086C "𐡬" Palmyrene Letter Mem is a character from the Palmyrene script, an ancient Semitic alphabet used in the city of Palmyra and the surrounding Syrian desert from roughly the 1st century BCE to the 3rd century CE. As the letter "Mem", it corresponds to the sound /m/ and is derived from the earlier Aramaic alphabet, sharing a similar shape and phonetic value. This character is part of the Palmyrene block in Unicode and represents one of the 22 letters that were employed for writing inscriptions and records in the Palmyrene dialect of Aramaic. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and study of historical texts, helping scholars and enthusiasts access the linguistic heritage of the Palmyrene civilization, which thrived as a major trading hub in the ancient Near East.

General Properties

Code Point U+1086C
Version Added 7.0
Name Palmyrene Letter Mem
Block Palmyrene
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐡬
HTML Hex Encoding 𐡬
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA1 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDC6C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001086C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udc6c

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 Palmyrene
Script Extensions Palmyrene
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