U+10F41 "𐽁" Sogdian Letter Shin Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐽁

U+10F41 "𐽁" Sogdian Letter Shin is a character from the Sogdian script, an ancient writing system used to represent the Sogdian language, an Eastern Iranian language once spoken across Central Asia along the Silk Road. This letter specifically represents the sound "sh" or "š" and belongs to the Sogdian alphabet, which was adapted from the Aramaic script and later influenced the development of the Old Uyghur and Mongolian alphabets. The character is classified under the Sogdian block of Unicode, which was added to the standard to preserve historical and linguistic heritage, enabling digital representation of this extinct language's texts on modern devices.

General Properties

Code Point U+10F41
Version Added 11.0
Name Sogdian Letter Shin
Block Sogdian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐽁
HTML Hex Encoding 𐽁
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xBD 0x81
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD803 0xDF41
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010F41
C/C++/Java Escape \ud803\udf41

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