U+10AD6 "𐫖" Manichaean Letter Mem Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐫖

U+10AD6 "𐫖" Manichaean Letter Mem is a glyph from the Manichaean script, an alphabet historically used to write the Middle Iranian languages of the Manichaean religion, which spread along the Silk Road from the 3rd to the 10th centuries CE. This letter represents the sound "m" and is the counterpart to the Semitic letter Mem, reflecting its origin in the Aramaic script from which the Manichaean alphabet was derived. The character is part of the Manichaean block in Unicode, enabling digital preservation and study of Manichaean manuscripts that contain religious texts, hymns, and liturgical works. Its inclusion in the standard supports scholarly work on this extinct but historically significant writing system, which was used across regions from North Africa to Central Asia.

General Properties

Code Point U+10AD6
Version Added 7.0
Name Manichaean Letter Mem
Block Manichaean
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐫖
HTML Hex Encoding 𐫖
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xAB 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDED6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010AD6
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\uded6

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Dual Joining
Joining Group Manichaean Mem
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Manichaean
Script Extensions Manichaean
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