U+10B69 "𐭩" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Yodh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐭩

U+10B69 "𐭩" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Yodh is a glyph from the Inscriptional Pahlavi script, a writing system used primarily for Middle Iranian languages on monuments and seals during the Parthian and Sassanid periods. This character represents the consonant sound "y" and corresponds to the Semitic letter Yodh, which is the tenth letter in many Semitic alphabets and often signifies a hand or arm in its pictographic origins. As part of the Inscriptional Pahlavi block, this letter was employed in royal inscriptions, religious texts, and administrative documents, contributing to the documentation of Zoroastrian and early Persian history before the script was supplanted by later Arabic-derived systems. The inclusion of this character in Unicode ensures the digital preservation and study of this ancient script.

General Properties

Code Point U+10B69
Version Added 5.2
Name Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Yodh
Block Inscriptional Pahlavi
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐭩
HTML Hex Encoding 𐭩
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDF69
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010B69
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udf69

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