U+10B71 "𐭱" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Shin Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐭱
U+10B71 "𐭱" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Shin is a glyph from the Inscriptional Pahlavi script, a writing system used primarily in the Sassanian Empire (3rd to 7th centuries CE) for inscriptions on stone and metal. This letter represents the sound /ʃ/ (like the English "sh" in "ship") and is part of an abjad, where consonants are the primary carriers of meaning, often with vowels implied or omitted. The character's design reflects the cursive, connected style of Pahlavi script, which evolved from the earlier Aramaic alphabet, and it appears in historical monuments, seals, and coinage, offering modern scholars key insights into Middle Persian language and the administrative, religious, and cultural life of late antiquity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B71 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Shin |
| Block | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐭱 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐭱 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF71 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B71 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf71 |
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 |