U+10AD8 "𐫘" Manichaean Letter Samekh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐫘
U+10AD8 "𐫘" Manichaean Letter Samekh is a script character from the Manichaean alphabet, which was used to write the Manichaean religious texts in various Middle Iranian languages such as Sogdian, Parthian, and Middle Persian. This specific glyph represents the letter "Samekh," which corresponds to the sound /s/ and is derived from the earlier Aramaic letter of the same name. Found within the Unicode Standard’s Manichaean block, it serves as a vital component for accurately transcribing and preserving the historical manuscripts of the Manichaean faith, a major religion in late antiquity that spread along the Silk Road.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10AD8 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Manichaean Letter Samekh |
| Block | Manichaean |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐫘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐫘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAB 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDED8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010AD8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\uded8 |