U+10B41 "𐭁" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Beth Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐭁
U+10B41 "𐭁" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Beth is the second letter of the Inscriptional Parthian script, an ancient writing system used primarily during the Parthian Empire (roughly 247 BCE to 224 CE) for monumental and official inscriptions on stone, metal, and clay. This character corresponds to the sound /b/ and is part of an abjad, a type of alphabet that primarily denotes consonants. The Inscriptional Parthian script itself is derived from the Aramaic script, reflecting the administrative and cultural influence of the Achaemenid Empire, and its letters like Beth hold historical significance for scholars studying Middle Iranian languages and the epigraphic record of the Parthian period.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B41 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Inscriptional Parthian Letter Beth |
| Block | Inscriptional Parthian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐭁 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐭁 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF41 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B41 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf41 |
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 | Inscriptional Parthian |
| Script Extensions | Inscriptional Parthian |
| 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 |