U+1086E "𐡮" Palmyrene Letter Nun Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐡮

U+1086E "𐡮" Palmyrene Letter Nun is a letter from the Palmyrene script, an ancient Semitic alphabet used in the city of Palmyra in present-day Syria from around the first to the third centuries CE. This character represents the sound "n" and belongs to the Palmyrene block of the Unicode Standard, which was added to support the historical writing system of the Palmyrene language, a dialect of Aramaic. The letter form is derived from earlier Aramaic scripts and is typically written in a cursive, right-to-left style, reflecting the region's unique cultural and artistic traditions. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital representation and preservation of this ancient script, aiding scholars and modern Palmyrene communities in studying and transmitting their linguistic heritage.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐡮
HTML Hex Encoding 𐡮
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA1 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDC6E
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001086E
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udc6e

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