U+1091F "𐤟" Phoenician Word Separator Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐤟
U+1091F "𐤟" Phoenician Word Separator is a typographic symbol used in the ancient Phoenician script to delineate individual words, functioning similarly to a modern space or period. This character appears as a small vertical or diagonal mark, often resembling a short stroke or dot, and was inscribed in stone, pottery, and papyrus to improve readability in Phoenician texts. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that scholars and digital archivists can accurately represent and preserve the original formatting of historical Phoenician inscriptions, allowing for more precise study of this Semitic language and its influence on later alphabets.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1091F |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Phoenician Word Separator |
| Block | Phoenician |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐤟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐤟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xA4 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDD1F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001091F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udd1f |
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 | Break After |
| Script | Phoenician |
| Script Extensions | Phoenician |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |