U+10B45 "𐭅" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Waw Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐭅
U+10B45 "𐭅" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Waw is a script symbol used in the Inscriptional Parthian writing system, which was employed in ancient Iran and Mesopotamia from around the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE. This letter represents the consonant sound "w" and is derived from the Aramaic script, specifically from the letter Waw. It appears in monumental inscriptions, particularly on stone carvings and coins from the Parthian Empire, and is part of the Unicode block dedicated to Inscriptional Parthian, which includes letters and numerals used for historical and linguistic documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B45 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Inscriptional Parthian Letter Waw |
| Block | Inscriptional Parthian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐭅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐭅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF45 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B45 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf45 |
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 |