U+10B9A "𐮚" Psalter Pahlavi Turned Section Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐮚
U+10B9A "𐮚" Psalter Pahlavi Turned Section Mark is a typographical punctuation symbol used in the Psalter Pahlavi script, which was employed to write Middle Persian, particularly in Zoroastrian psalter manuscripts. This specific mark functions as a section divider, indicating a textual break or transition, and it is distinguished by its rotated orientation compared to the standard section mark (U+10B99) in the same script. Its inclusion in Unicode supports the accurate digital encoding and scholarly study of ancient religious and literary Pahlavi texts, preserving a unique element of this writing system’s layout conventions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10B9A |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Psalter Pahlavi Turned Section Mark |
| Block | Psalter Pahlavi |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐮚 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐮚 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xAE 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD802 0xDF9A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010B9A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud802\udf9a |
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 | Psalter Pahlavi |
| Script Extensions | Psalter Pahlavi |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |