U+10B6A "𐭪" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Kaph Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐭪
U+10B6A "𐭪" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Kaph is a character from the Inscriptional Pahlavi script, which was used to write the Middle Persian language during the Sassanid Empire and earlier periods. This specific letter represents the sound "k" (like the English "k") and is part of a consonantal abjad system that was typically carved into stone or metal, hence its classification as "inscriptional." The character is visually distinctive, with a curved, angular shape resembling a stylized hook or crescent, and it belongs to the Unicode block for Inscriptional Pahlavi, which was added in version 5.2 of the standard to digitally preserve ancient Iranian writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B6A |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Kaph |
| Block | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐭪 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐭪 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF6A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B6A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf6a |
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 |