U+10F38 "饜几" Sogdian Letter Kaph Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

饜几

U+10F38 "饜几" Sogdian Letter Kaph is part of the Sogdian script, which was used to write the Sogdian language, an Eastern Iranian language once spoken across Central Asia along the Silk Road. This specific character represents the sound /k/ and corresponds to the letter "kaph" in the Sogdian alphabet, which is ultimately derived from the Aramaic script. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent an ancient writing system that played a key role in transmitting Buddhism, Manichaeism, and other cultural influences between East and West.

General Properties

Code Point U+10F38
Version Added 11.0
Name Sogdian Letter Kaph
Block Sogdian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐼸
HTML Hex Encoding 𐼸
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xBC 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD803 0xDF38
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010F38
C/C++/Java Escape \ud803\udf38

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Dual Joining
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Sogdian
Script Extensions 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