U+10C3A "𐰺" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Ar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐰺
U+10C3A "𐰺" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Ar is a glyph used in the Orkhon script, an ancient alphabet created to write the Old Turkic language, most famously inscribed on stone monuments in present-day Mongolia. This specific letter represents the sound "r" and is part of a writing system that was employed by the Göktürks in the 8th century CE. The character enhances digital preservation of early Turkic texts, allowing modern scholars and enthusiasts to accurately represent inscriptions found at sites like the Orkhon Valley, which record historical events and cultural heritage of the Turkic peoples.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10C3A |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Ar |
| Block | Old Turkic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐰺 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐰺 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xB0 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD803 0xDC3A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010C3A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud803\udc3a |