U+10899 "𐢙" Nabataean Letter Sadhe Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐢙

U+10899 "𐢙" Nabataean Letter Sadhe is a script symbol from the Nabataean alphabet, an ancient writing system used by the Nabataean civilization that thrived in the region of modern-day Jordan and the Sinai Peninsula from the 2nd century BCE to the 4th century CE. This particular letter represents the sound "ṣ" (an emphatic, pharyngealized sibilant), corresponding to the Semitic consonant ṣade, and it is typographically shaped with a distinctive curved or angular form that reflects the Nabataean script’s cursive development from the Aramaic alphabet. As part of the Nabataean block within the Unicode Standard, this character preserves the historical linguistic record of a once-dominant commercial and cultural power, aiding scholars and digital archivists in accurately encoding ancient inscriptions and texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+10899
Version Added 7.0
Name Nabataean Letter Sadhe
Block Nabataean
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐢙
HTML Hex Encoding 𐢙
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA2 0x99
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDC99
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010899
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udc99

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