U+10F56 "𐽖" Sogdian Punctuation Two Vertical Bars with Dots Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐽖
U+10F56 "𐽖" Sogdian Punctuation Two Vertical Bars with Dots is a punctuation mark used in the Sogdian script, an ancient writing system employed primarily for the Sogdian language of Central Asia, which belongs to the Eastern Iranian branch. This specific character consists of two vertical bars flanked by dots, and it functioned as a textual divider or a marker of separation within Sogdian manuscripts, much like a modern comma, colon, or other pause-based punctuation. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and digitally represent the punctuation conventions of historical Sogdian texts, which are crucial for scholarly study of Silk Road languages, religions, and cultures.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10F56 |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Sogdian Punctuation Two Vertical Bars with Dots |
| Block | Sogdian |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Arabic Letter |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐽖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐽖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0xBD 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD803 0xDF56 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010F56 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud803\udf56 |