U+10B1C "𐬜" Avestan Letter Dhe Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐬜

U+10B1C "𐬜" Avestan Letter Dhe is a specific grapheme used in the Avestan script, which was developed to write the Avestan language, the sacred language of Zoroastrian scripture. This character represents a voiced dental fricative sound, similar to the "th" in "the," and is found primarily in religious and liturgical texts from ancient Persia. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard at the U+10B00 block ensures digital preservation and scholarly access to these historical documents.

General Properties

Code Point U+10B1C
Version Added 5.2
Name Avestan Letter Dhe
Block Avestan
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐬜
HTML Hex Encoding 𐬜
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xAC 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDF1C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010B1C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udf1c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Avestan
Script Extensions Avestan
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