U+10902 "𐤂" Phoenician Letter Gaml Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+10902 "𐤂" Phoenician Letter Gaml is the third letter of the Phoenician alphabet, representing the sound /ɡ/ as in the English "go." Derived from the Proto-Canaanite script, its name "Gaml" means "camel," and its shape is believed to derive from a pictographic representation of a camel's hump or neck. This letter is the direct ancestor of the Greek letter Gamma (Γ, γ) and subsequently the Latin letters C and G. In the context of Unicode, it belongs to the Phoenician script block, designated for encoding the ancient Semitic writing system that was the precursor to many modern alphabets.
General Properties
Code Point
U+10902
Name
Phoenician Letter Gaml
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𐤂
HTML Hex Encoding
𐤂
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x90 0xA4 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD802 0xDD02
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00010902
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud802\udd02
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Phoenician