U+10B26 "𐬦" Avestan Letter Nye Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐬦
U+10B26 "𐬦" Avestan Letter Nye is a symbol from the Avestan alphabet, an ancient script used to write the Avestan language, the liturgical language of Zoroastrian scripture. This particular letter, named Nye, represents a specific consonant sound in the phonetic inventory of the Avestan language, likely a nasalized palatal or velar sound, and it forms part of a writing system derived from earlier Semitic scripts but adapted for the unique phonology of religious texts. The character is encoded in the Unicode standard under the Avestan block, ensuring its digital preservation for scholars studying Zoroastrian history and linguistics, as well as for contemporary liturgical use by Zoroastrian communities.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B26 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Avestan Letter Nye |
| Block | Avestan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐬦 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐬦 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAC 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF26 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B26 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf26 |