U+10B43 "𐭃" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Daleth Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐭃

U+10B43 "𐭃" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Daleth is a script character used in the Inscriptional Parthian writing system, which was employed from around the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE to record the Parthian language, an extinct Iranian language of the ancient Near East. This specific character represents the consonant "d" (similar to the Phoenician daleth) and is part of the Inscriptional Parthian block of the Unicode Standard, which was added in version 5.2 in 2009 to support historical texts found on artifacts such as coins, rock inscriptions, and clay tablets from the Parthian Empire. Its visual form is derived from the Aramaic script, reflecting the cultural and administrative influences between the Achaemenid and Parthian periods, making it a key element for scholars deciphering ancient Iranian inscriptions.

General Properties

Code Point U+10B43
Version Added 5.2
Name Inscriptional Parthian Letter Daleth
Block Inscriptional Parthian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐭃
HTML Hex Encoding 𐭃
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDF43
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010B43
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udf43

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