U+10B60 "𐭠" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Aleph Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐭠
U+10B60 "𐭠" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Aleph is the first letter of the Inscriptional Pahlavi script, an ancient writing system used primarily for the Middle Persian language during the Sassanian Empire and earlier periods. This character represents the glottal stop or long vowel sound /a:/, functioning as both a consonant and a vowel carrier in the abjad style script. It is found in monumental inscriptions and official documents carved on stone or metal, signifying its historical importance in recording royal decrees and Zoroastrian religious texts. As part of the Unicode standard, it enables modern digital preservation and study of this extinct script, bridging ancient epigraphy with contemporary computing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B60 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Aleph |
| Block | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐭠 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐭠 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF60 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B60 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf60 |
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 Pahlavi |
| Script Extensions | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
| 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 |