U+10C3F "𐰿" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Ash Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐰿

U+10C3F "𐰿" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Ash is a specific glyph from the Old Turkic script, which was used to write the Turkic languages, particularly in the Orkhon and Yenisei river valleys of Mongolia and Siberia between the 8th and 10th centuries. This character represents a consonantal sound, likely a voiceless postalveolar affricate [tʃ] or a similar sound, and belongs to the alphabet used in the famous Orkhon inscriptions, the earliest known written records of any Turkic language. The script itself is written from right to left and was deciphered in the late 19th century, offering crucial insights into the history, culture, and language of the Göktürks and other early Turkic peoples. As part of the Old Turkic block in Unicode, this character ensures the digital preservation and scholarly study of this ancient writing system.

General Properties

Code Point U+10C3F
Version Added 5.2
Name Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Ash
Block Old Turkic
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐰿
HTML Hex Encoding 𐰿
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xB0 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD803 0xDC3F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010C3F
C/C++/Java Escape \ud803\udc3f

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 Old Turkic
Script Extensions Old Turkic
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