U+10F0B "𐼋" Old Sogdian Letter Kaph Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐼋

U+10F0B "𐼋" Old Sogdian Letter Kaph is a glyph from the Old Sogdian script, used primarily between the 4th and 8th centuries CE to write the Sogdian language, an Eastern Iranian tongue spoken in parts of Central Asia along the Silk Road. This character represents the sound /k/ and is the equivalent of the Semitic letter Kaph, from which it is ultimately derived. It forms part of a cursive, right-to-left abjad that profoundly influenced later writing systems, including the Uyghur and Mongolian scripts. The letter appears in inscriptions and manuscripts from Sogdian trading communities, reflecting the language's role in commerce, religion, and cultural exchange across ancient Eurasia.

General Properties

Code Point U+10F0B
Version Added 11.0
Name Old Sogdian Letter Kaph
Block Old Sogdian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐼋
HTML Hex Encoding 𐼋
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xBC 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD803 0xDF0B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010F0B
C/C++/Java Escape \ud803\udf0b

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 Sogdian
Script Extensions Old Sogdian
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