U+10A84 "𐪄" Old North Arabian Letter Qaf Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+10A84 "𐪄" Old North Arabian Letter Qaf is a script character representing a consonant from the Old North Arabian abjad, which was used in the Arabian Peninsula prior to the spread of Arabic. This glyph corresponds to the Semitic letter qoph and denotes a voiceless uvular plosive sound, akin to the "q" in modern Arabic. As part of the Unicode Old North Arabian block, it was encoded to support the scholarly study and digital preservation of ancient inscriptions, particularly those found in the regions of present-day Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Jordan. The character’s design, with its distinct angular and linear strokes, reflects the typical forms of scripts like Thamudic, Safaitic, and Dadanitic, which are crucial for understanding pre-Islamic Arabian languages and cultures.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𐪄 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𐪄 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x90 0xAA 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD802 0xDE84 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00010A84 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud802\ude84 |
Unicode Properties