U+10B65 "𐭥" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Waw-Ayin-Resh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐭥
U+10B65 "𐭥" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Waw-Ayin-Resh is a unique glyph from the Inscriptional Pahlavi script, a historical writing system used in the Sassanian Empire and earlier periods of Iran to record the Middle Persian language. This character represents a ligature or combined form that unites three distinct letters waw, ayin, and resh into a single unit, reflecting the script’s tendency toward conjoined and abbreviated shapes in monumental inscriptions. It belongs to the Unicode block designated for Inscriptional Pahlavi, numbered U+10B60 to U+10B7F, and provides a critical link for scholars studying ancient epigraphy, Zoroastrian religious texts, and the evolution of Middle Iranian scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B65 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Waw-Ayin-Resh |
| Block | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐭥 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐭥 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF65 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B65 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf65 |
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 |