U+10B6C "𐭬" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Mem-Qoph Unicode Character

U+10B6C "𐭬" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Mem-Qoph is a specific glyph from the Inscriptional Pahlavi script, an abjad writing system used primarily for Middle Persian inscriptions during the Parthian and Sassanid periods in ancient Iran. This character represents a ligature or combined form of the letters mem and qoph, which are two distinct consonantal signs in the script, and it likely emerged from the cursive or stone-carved connections between these graphemes in monumental contexts. As part of the Unicode standard, this letter is encoded in the Inscriptional Pahlavi block and is used to digitally preserve and represent the historical written language found on artifacts such as coins, seals, and rock reliefs.

General Properties

Code Point	U+10B6C
Version Added	5.2
Name	Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Mem-Qoph
Block	Inscriptional Pahlavi
General Category	Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐭬
HTML Hex Encoding	𐭬
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD802 0xDF6C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00010B6C
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud802\udf6c

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