U+10AE6 "𐫦" Manichaean Abbreviation Mark Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐫦
U+10AE6 "𐫦" Manichaean Abbreviation Mark Below is a specialized punctuation mark used in the Manichaean script, which was developed for writing Middle Persian, Parthian, Sogdian, and other languages associated with the Manichaean religion. This character is placed below a word or group of letters to indicate an abbreviation or contraction, allowing scribes to conserve space and streamline the text in manuscripts. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard supports the digital preservation and accurate rendering of historical Manichaean documents, which often feature complex writing systems with distinct ligatures and abbreviation conventions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10AE6 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Manichaean Abbreviation Mark Below |
| Block | Manichaean |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐫦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐫦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAB 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDEE6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010AE6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udee6 |