U+10846 "𐡆" Imperial Aramaic Letter Zayin Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+10846 "𐡆" Imperial Aramaic Letter Zayin is a distinct glyph from the Imperial Aramaic script, an ancient writing system used primarily for the Aramaic language during the Achaemenid Persian Empire, roughly from the 5th to the 3rd century BCE. This character represents the seventh letter of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet, corresponding to the sound "z" as in the English word "zoo." It belongs to the Imperial Aramaic Unicode block, which was added to the standard to support the digital representation of historical texts, particularly inscriptions and documents from this period, such as those found in the Dead Sea Scrolls or on Persian administrative tablets.
General Properties
Code Point
U+10846
Name
Imperial Aramaic Letter Zayin
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𐡆
HTML Hex Encoding
𐡆
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x90 0xA1 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD802 0xDC46
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00010846
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud802\udc46
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Imperial Aramaic