U+10B8B "𐮋" Psalter Pahlavi Letter Mem-Qoph Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐮋

U+10B8B "𐮋" Psalter Pahlavi Letter Mem-Qoph is a single glyph representing a ligature of two letters from the Psalter Pahlavi script, which was used primarily for writing Middle Persian in Zoroastrian religious texts, notably the Psalter. This character combines the letters Mem and Qoph, and its inclusion in Unicode supports the digital preservation and study of this historical script, which is characterized by its cursive and often connected letterforms. As part of the Psalter Pahlavi block, it aids scholars and linguists in accurately encoding and analyzing manuscripts from the early medieval period.

General Properties

Code Point U+10B8B
Version Added 7.0
Name Psalter Pahlavi Letter Mem-Qoph
Block Psalter Pahlavi
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐮋
HTML Hex Encoding 𐮋
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xAE 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDF8B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010B8B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udf8b

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Dual Joining
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Psalter Pahlavi
Script Extensions Psalter 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