U+10B8D "𐮍" Psalter Pahlavi Letter Samekh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐮍
U+10B8D "𐮍" Psalter Pahlavi Letter Samekh is a script symbol used in the writing of Middle Persian texts, specifically within the cursive and sacred tradition of the Psalter Pahlavi script. This character represents the Semitic letter Samekh, which corresponds to the sound /s/, and is named after the Syriac letter of the same shape and function. It appears in fragmentary biblical manuscripts, such as the famous 6th or 7th century Pahlavi Psalter from Central Asia, serving as a testament to the adaptation of the Aramaic writing system for the Zoroastrian community's liturgical needs. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard enables digital preservation and scholarly study of this historically significant yet minority script.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B8D |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Psalter Pahlavi Letter Samekh |
| Block | Psalter Pahlavi |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐮍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐮍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAE 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF8D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B8D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf8d |