U+10B86 "𐮆" Psalter Pahlavi Letter Zayin Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐮆
U+10B86 "𐮆" Psalter Pahlavi Letter Zayin is an ancient script character used in the Psalter Pahlavi writing system, which was employed primarily for writing Middle Persian texts, most notably in the context of Zoroastrian psalters. This letter represents the sound "z" and corresponds to the seventh letter of the Psalter Pahlavi alphabet, derived from the Aramaic script. Its appearance is a distinct, angular symbol that reflects the cursive and simplified style of this script, which was adapted for liturgical and religious manuscripts. The character is part of the Unicode standard's Psalter Pahlavi block, ensuring its digital preservation for scholarly study of early Iranian languages and paleography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B86 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Psalter Pahlavi Letter Zayin |
| Block | Psalter Pahlavi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐮆 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐮆 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAE 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF86 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B86 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf86 |