U+10B4C "𐭌" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Mem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐭌
U+10B4C "𐭌" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Mem is a glyph from the Inscriptional Parthian script, an ancient writing system used primarily during the Parthian Empire (roughly 247 BCE to 224 CE) for monumental inscriptions and official documents. This character represents the sound /m/, corresponding to the letter mem in the Semitic family of scripts from which it descends. As part of the Inscriptional Parthian block, it is written from right to left and was carved into stone or metal, often appearing in royal proclamations and religious texts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and historians can digitally preserve and study this significant artifact of Middle Iranian linguistic and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B4C |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Inscriptional Parthian Letter Mem |
| Block | Inscriptional Parthian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐭌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐭌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF4C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B4C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf4c |
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 |