U+10F4D "𐽍" Sogdian Combining Hook Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐽍
U+10F4D "𐽍" Sogdian Combining Hook Below is a diacritical mark used in the Sogdian script, an ancient writing system from Central Asia derived from Syriac and employed for the Sogdian language of the Sogdian people, a prominent group along the Silk Road. This combining character is placed beneath a base letter to modify its phonetic value, typically indicating a specific vowel quality or grammatical alteration, though its exact function can vary based on textual context and scholarly interpretation. As part of the Sogdian block in Unicode, it supports the digital preservation and study of historical manuscripts, enabling accurate representation of this extinct language for linguistic and cultural research.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10F4D |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Sogdian Combining Hook Below |
| Block | Sogdian |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐽍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐽍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xBD 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD803 0xDF4D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010F4D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud803\udf4d |