U+10C48 "𐱈" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Bash Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐱈
U+10C48 "𐱈" Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Bash is a specific glyph from the Old Turkic script used to write the Orkhon inscriptions, which date back to the 8th century and originate from the Göktürk Empire in Central Asia. This character represents the initial or "bash" form of a consonant in the Orkhon alphabet, likely corresponding to a sound such as "b", and it was carved into stone monuments to record historical events, royal decrees, and cultural narratives of the Turkic peoples. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that this ancient script can be digitally preserved, studied, and displayed across modern platforms, supporting linguistic research and the revitalization of Turkic heritage.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10C48 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Old Turkic Letter Orkhon Bash |
| Block | Old Turkic |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Right To Left |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐱈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐱈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xB1 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD803 0xDC48 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010C48 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud803\udc48 |