U+10F59 "𐽙" Sogdian Punctuation Half Circle with Dot Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐽙
U+10F59 "𐽙" Sogdian Punctuation Half Circle with Dot is a specialized punctuation mark from the Sogdian script, an ancient writing system used for the Sogdian language in Central Asia. This character features a half circle shape with a dot inside or adjacent to it, and it likely served as a textual divider or a marker of prosodic pauses in Sogdian manuscripts. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve and digitally represent the rich linguistic heritage of the Sogdian civilization, which was influential along the Silk Road.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10F59 |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Sogdian Punctuation Half Circle with Dot |
| 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 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD803 0xDF59 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010F59 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud803\udf59 |