U+10B4D "𐭍" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Nun Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐭍

U+10B4D "𐭍" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Nun is a glyph from the Inscriptional Parthian script, an ancient writing system used by the Parthian Empire from roughly the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE primarily for stone inscriptions and official documents. This specific character represents the consonant sound /n/ and is the fourteenth letter of the Inscriptional Parthian alphabet, which was derived from the Imperial Aramaic script. The letter form is typically cursive and connects to neighboring characters in a right-to-left writing direction, reflecting its origins in a script adapted for monumental and administrative texts. As part of the Unicode Standard, this character enables digital preservation and study of Parthian language records, contributing to the understanding of Middle Iranian history and linguistic development.

General Properties

Code Point U+10B4D
Version Added 5.2
Name Inscriptional Parthian Letter Nun
Block Inscriptional Parthian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐭍
HTML Hex Encoding 𐭍
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDF4D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010B4D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udf4d

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