U+10AC1 "𐫁" Manichaean Letter Beth Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐫁
U+10AC1 "𐫁" Manichaean Letter Beth is a distinct glyph representing the second letter of the Manichaean alphabet, which was historically used to write the Manichaean religious texts in several Middle Iranian languages such as Middle Persian, Parthian, and Sogdian. This script, developed from the Palmyrene alphabet, features a unique cursive style and was employed primarily from the 3rd to the 10th centuries. The Manichaean letter Beth, like its Semitic counterparts, corresponds to the sound "b" and played a crucial role in documenting the extensive literary corpus of Manichaeism, a major Gnostic religion founded by the prophet Mani.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10AC1 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Manichaean Letter Beth |
| Block | Manichaean |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐫁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐫁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAB 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDEC1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010AC1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udec1 |