U+10B16 "𐬖" Avestan Letter Ghe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐬖
U+10B16 "𐬖" Avestan Letter Ghe is a character from the Avestan script, an alphabet used to write the sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, known as the Avesta. Representing a voiced velar or pharyngeal fricative sound, similar to the "gh" in some languages, this letter is part of a complex script that includes unique symbols for vowels and consonants. In modern contexts, it is essential for accurately encoding and preserving ancient religious manuscripts in digital formats, aiding scholarly work and linguistic study.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B16 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Avestan Letter Ghe |
| Block | Avestan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐬖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐬖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAC 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B16 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf16 |