U+10880 "𐢀" Nabataean Letter Final Aleph Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐢀
U+10880 "𐢀" Nabataean Letter Final Aleph is a glyph from the Nabataean script, an ancient writing system used by the Nabataean people between the 2nd century BC and the 4th century AD in what is now Jordan and surrounding regions. This specific character represents the final form of the letter aleph, which corresponds to the glottal stop or vowel carrier in the alphabet, and it was typically used at the end of words. The Nabataean script itself evolved from the Aramaic script and later contributed to the development of the Arabic alphabet, making this character a valuable piece for scholars studying linguistic and cultural transitions in the ancient Middle East.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10880 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Nabataean Letter Final Aleph |
| Block | Nabataean |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐢀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐢀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xA2 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDC80 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010880 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udc80 |