U+10B6D "๐ญญ" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Nun Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

๐ญญ

U+10B6D "๐ญญ" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Nun is a grapheme from the Inscriptional Pahlavi script, which was used primarily in the Sasanian Empire (224–651 CE) for official and monumental inscriptions written in the Middle Persian language. This character represents the consonant sound "n," akin to the English letter N, and is part of an abjad writing system that typically omits short vowels. The letter Nun appears in various historical stone inscriptions and coin legends, reflecting the script's distinctive angular and linear forms that were adapted for carving into hard surfaces. As a component of the Unicode standard, it enables the digital preservation and study of this ancient writing system, which is essential for understanding the linguistic and administrative practices of pre-Islamic Iran.

General Properties

Code Point U+10B6D
Version Added 5.2
Name Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Nun
Block Inscriptional Pahlavi
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐭭
HTML Hex Encoding 𐭭
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDF6D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010B6D
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udf6d

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