U+10B72 "𐭲" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Taw Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐭲

U+10B72 "𐭲" Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Taw is a glyph from the Inscriptional Pahlavi script, which was used primarily in the Sassanid Empire of Persia for monumental and official inscriptions on stone and metal, dating from around the 2nd century BCE to the 7th century CE. This letter represents the sound "t" and corresponds to the final form of the Aramaic letter taw, which was adopted and adapted for writing the Middle Persian language. As part of a right to left abjad script that omitted most vowels, the Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Taw played a key role in recording the administrative, religious, and historical texts of the period, including those related to Zoroastrianism and royal decrees. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard helps preserve and digitize this ancient writing system for modern scholarly and cultural use.

General Properties

Code Point U+10B72
Version Added 5.2
Name Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Taw
Block Inscriptional Pahlavi
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐭲
HTML Hex Encoding 𐭲
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xAD 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDF72
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010B72
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udf72

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