U+10B34 "𐬴" Avestan Letter Sshe Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐬴

U+10B34 "𐬴" Avestan Letter Sshe is a glyph from the Avestan script, an alphabet used to write the Avestan language, the liturgical language of Zoroastrianism. This specific letter represents a voiceless palato-alveolar fricative sound, similar to the "sh" in the English word "ship," but with a distinct phonetic value in its linguistic context. Historically, this character is part of a script derived from the Avestan alphabet, which was developed to preserve the sacred texts of the Zoroastrian faith in a precise and unchangeable written form. As a result, "𐬴" plays a critical role in accurately transcribing ancient religious hymns and teachings, ensuring the proper pronunciation and transmission of these important cultural and spiritual works.

General Properties

Code Point U+10B34
Version Added 5.2
Name Avestan Letter Sshe
Block Avestan
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐬴
HTML Hex Encoding 𐬴
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xAC 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDF34
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010B34
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udf34

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