U+103C9 "𐏉" Old Persian Sign Auramazdaa-2 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+103C9 "𐏉" Old Persian Sign Auramazdaa-2 is a unique glyph from the Old Persian cuneiform script, specifically an variant abbreviation for the divine name Auramazdaa, the supreme creator god in Zoroastrianism as invoked in royal Achaemenid inscriptions. This character, part of the Old Persian block in Unicode, serves as a logogram used in monumental texts from the Achaemenid Empire, such as those of Darius I and Xerxes I at Persepolis and Behistun, to represent the god's name in a compact, symbolic form rather than spelling it out phonetically. Its inclusion in digital encoding helps preserve and study the historical cuneiform writing system while facilitating modern scholarly access to ancient Persian religious and political records.
General Properties
Code Point
U+103C9
Name
Old Persian Sign Auramazdaa-2
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𐏉
HTML Hex Encoding
𐏉
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x90 0x8F 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD800 0xDFC9
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000103C9
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud800\udfc9
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Old Persian