U+10B54 "𐭔" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Shin Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐭔
U+10B54 "𐭔" Inscriptional Parthian Letter Shin is a glyph from the Inscriptional Parthian script, an ancient writing system used primarily for the Parthian language during the Arsacid dynasty (roughly 250 BCE to 224 CE) in what is now Iran and Iraq. This character represents the sound "sh" (like the English "sh" in "ship") and corresponds to the letter "Shin," which is related to the Aramaic and later Syriac scripts that influenced its development. Inscriptions featuring this letter are typically found on stone monuments, coins, and seals, providing crucial evidence for understanding the administrative, religious, and cultural practices of the Parthian Empire.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B54 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Inscriptional Parthian Letter Shin |
| Block | Inscriptional Parthian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐭔 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐭔 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF54 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B54 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf54 |
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 |