U+10881 "𐢁" Nabataean Letter Aleph Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐢁

U+10881 "𐢁" Nabataean Letter Aleph is a script symbol used in the ancient Nabataean alphabet, which was employed by the Nabataean civilization for writing their Aramaic dialect from the 2nd century BCE to the 4th century CE. This character represents the first letter of the Nabataean alphabet, corresponding to the Semitic glottal stop sound, and it is derived from earlier Aramaic scripts. The Nabataean script ultimately influenced the development of the Arabic alphabet, making this character historically significant in tracing the evolution of writing in the Middle East.

General Properties

Code Point U+10881
Version Added 7.0
Name Nabataean Letter Aleph
Block Nabataean
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐢁
HTML Hex Encoding 𐢁
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA2 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDC81
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010881
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udc81

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 Nabataean
Script Extensions Nabataean
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