U+103A2 "𐎢" Old Persian Sign U Unicode Character

U+103A2 "𐎢" Old Persian Sign U is a cuneiform letter that represents the vowel sound "u" in the Old Persian language, which was used in the Achaemenid Empire from the 6th to the 4th century BCE. This script, deciphered in the 19th century, was primarily employed for royal inscriptions and monumental texts, such as those at Persepolis and Behistun, and the sign U is one of three vowel characters in a largely syllabic writing system that also included 36 phonetic signs. Its encoded form allows modern digital preservation and study of this ancient Middle Eastern language.