U+10C2D "𐰭" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Eng Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐰭
U+10C2D "𐰭" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Eng is a glyph from the Old Turkic script, specifically the Orkhon variant, which was used by Turkic peoples between the 8th and 10th centuries.CE to inscribe monumental epigraphs such as those found in the Orkhon Valley in modern-day Mongolia. This character represents the sound “ng,” as in the English word “sing,” and is an essential component of the Orkhon alphabet which was instrumental in recording historical narratives and royal decrees of the Göktürk Empire. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures the preservation and digital representation of this ancient writing system for modern scholarship and cultural heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10C2D |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Eng |
| Block | Old Turkic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐰭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐰭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xB0 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD803 0xDC2D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010C2D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud803\udc2d |