U+1089B "𐢛" Nabataean Letter Resh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐢛

U+1089B "𐢛" Nabataean Letter Resh is a character from the Nabataean script, an ancient writing system used primarily between the 2nd century BC and the 4th century AD to write the Nabataean language, a dialect of Aramaic. This letter represents the sound /r/ and corresponds to the Semitic letter resh, which is found in later scripts such as Arabic and Hebrew. The Nabataean alphabet itself is historically significant as it evolved from the Aramaic script and served as a direct precursor to the later Arabic script, influencing the development of writing in the Arabian Peninsula. The glyph for this letter typically appears as a curved, open form, distinct in shape from similar letters in the same script, and it is encoded in the Unicode Standard under the Nabataean block, which preserves ancient texts and inscriptions for digital use.

General Properties

Code Point U+1089B
Version Added 7.0
Name Nabataean Letter Resh
Block Nabataean
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐢛
HTML Hex Encoding 𐢛
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA2 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDC9B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001089B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udc9b

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