U+10B42 "𐭂" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Gimel Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐭂

U+10B42 "𐭂" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Gimel is the third character in the Inscriptional Parthian script, which was used to write the Middle Iranian language of the Parthian Empire, roughly from the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE. This letter represents the sound equivalent to the Hebrew or Phoenician gimel, the voiced velar stop /g/, and appears primarily in monumental inscriptions, such as those found on stone reliefs, coins, and seals of the Arsacid dynasty. As part of the Unicode standard, it preserves an ancient writing system that played a key role in the administration and culture of the Parthian realm, and its inclusion in digital character sets helps scholars and enthusiasts accurately reproduce and study these historical texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+10B42
Version Added 5.2
Name Inscriptional Parthian Letter Gimel
Block Inscriptional Parthian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐭂
HTML Hex Encoding 𐭂
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDF42
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010B42
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udf42

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