U+10B4E "𐭎" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Samekh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐭎
U+10B4E "𐭎" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Samekh is a glyph from the Inscriptional Parthian script, which was used to write the Parthian language from around the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE in the region of present day Iran and Iraq. This character represents the sound equivalent to the Semitic samekh, typically corresponding to a voiceless sibilant similar to the English "s" sound. It is part of the Unicode block for Inscriptional Parthian, a script derived from Aramaic and employed in royal inscriptions and administrative documents of the Parthian Empire. The letter serves as a valuable tool for scholars studying ancient Iranian history and philology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B4E |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Inscriptional Parthian Letter Samekh |
| Block | Inscriptional Parthian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐭎 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐭎 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF4E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B4E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf4e |
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 |