U+10B8C "𐮌" Psalter Pahlavi Letter Nun Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐮌

U+10B8C "𐮌" Psalter Pahlavi Letter Nun is a glyph representing the fourteenth letter of the Psalter Pahlavi script, a cursive writing system used primarily for Middle Persian in Zoroastrian religious manuscripts, notably the Psalter. This letter, corresponding to the sound "n," resembles the Semitic nun and functions as a consonant in the script, which is written from right to left. Psalter Pahlavi, part of the Unicode standard's historic script block, allows for the digital preservation and scholarly study of ancient texts, with the nun serving as a key component in transcribing words and names within this liturgical tradition.

General Properties

Code Point U+10B8C
Version Added 7.0
Name Psalter Pahlavi Letter Nun
Block Psalter Pahlavi
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐮌
HTML Hex Encoding 𐮌
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xAE 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD802 0xDF8C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010B8C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud802\udf8c

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 Right 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