U+10B52 "𐭒" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Qoph Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐭒
U+10B52 "𐭒" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Qoph is a specific glyph used in the Inscriptional Parthian script, an ancient writing system employed for the Parthian language during the time of the Parthian Empire, roughly from the 2nd century BCE to the 3rd century CE. This character, named Qoph, corresponds to a voiceless uvular plosive sound, similar to the "q" in modern Semitic scripts, and was inscribed on stone monuments, coins, and seals as part of a right to left abjad. As a member of the Inscriptional Parthian block in Unicode, it allows for the digital representation and preservation of this historical script, facilitating scholarly study and digital archiving of Middle Iranian texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B52 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Inscriptional Parthian Letter Qoph |
| Block | Inscriptional Parthian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐭒 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐭒 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF52 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B52 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf52 |
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 |