U+10A2F "𐨯" Kharoshthi Letter Sa Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐨯

U+10A2F "𐨯" Kharoshthi Letter Sa is a character from the Kharoshthi script, an ancient writing system used primarily in the region of modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and parts of Central Asia from around the 3rd century BCE to the 4th century CE. This letter represents the consonant sound "sa" and is part of an abugida, a type of syllabic alphabet where each character denotes a consonant with an inherent vowel sound that can be modified with diacritics. The Kharoshthi script was notably employed to write the Gandhari language and Buddhist texts, and it features a distinctive right-to-left writing direction. As a key component of this historical script, the Kharoshthi Letter Sa contributes to the preservation and digital representation of ancient South Asian linguistic heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+10A2F
Version Added 4.1
Name Kharoshthi Letter Sa
Block Kharoshthi
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐨯
HTML Hex Encoding 𐨯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xA8 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDE2F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010A2F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\ude2f

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 Kharoshthi
Script Extensions Kharoshthi
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant
Indic Conjunct Break Consonant
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