U+10F73 "𐽳" Old Uyghur Letter Waw Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐽳

U+10F73 "𐽳" Old Uyghur Letter Waw is a specific glyph used in the Old Uyghur alphabet, an ancient script adapted from Sogdian to write the Uyghur language and other Central Asian languages, particularly during the 8th to 18th centuries. This character represents the sound for the consonant or vowel /w/ (similar to the English "w") and also serves as the equivalent of the letter Waw in related Semitic-derived scripts. It appears within the Unicode range for Old Uyghur text, which was added to support digital encoding of historical manuscripts and inscriptions, enabling preservation and study of this extinct writing system. Its typographic form typically features a vertical or slightly curved shape with distinctive horizontal elements, reflecting the cursive and ligature-heavy style of the Old Uyghur script.

General Properties

Code Point U+10F73
Version Added 14.0
Name Old Uyghur Letter Waw
Block Old Uyghur
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Right To Left

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐽳
HTML Hex Encoding 𐽳
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0xBD 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD803 0xDF73
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010F73
C/C++/Java Escape \ud803\udf73

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 Old Uyghur
Script Extensions Old Uyghur
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