U+10B2D "𐬭" Avestan Letter Re Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐬭
U+10B2D "𐬭" Avestan Letter Re is a character from the Avestan script, an ancient writing system used primarily to record the Avesta, the sacred texts of Zoroastrianism. This specific letter represents the sound /r/ and is a part of the consonantal alphabet that was developed during the Sasanian Empire to accurately transcribe the phonetic nuances of the Avestan language. As a component of the Avestan block in Unicode, its inclusion facilitates the digital preservation and scholarly study of Zoroastrian religious literature, ensuring that this historically significant script remains accessible in modern computing environments.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B2D |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Avestan Letter Re |
| Block | Avestan |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐬭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐬭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAC 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF2D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B2D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf2d |