U+10ADF "𐫟" Manichaean Letter Xoph Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+10ADF "𐫟" Manichaean Letter Xoph is a glyph representing the final letter of the Manichaean alphabet, which was used to write the Middle Persian, Parthian, Sogdian, and Old Uyghur languages in the context of the Manichaean religion. This script, derived from the Estrangela variant of Syriac, was employed by Manichaean scribes from the 3rd to the 10th centuries to produce religious texts and hymns across Central Asia and the Middle East. The letter Xoph, as a consonant, corresponds approximately to the sound "x" or "kh" and is one of 32 letters in the Manichaean writing system, which reads from right to left. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for the digital preservation and scholarly study of this historically significant script.
General Properties
Code Point
U+10ADF
Name
Manichaean Letter Xoph
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𐫟
HTML Hex Encoding
𐫟
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x90 0xAB 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD802 0xDEDF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00010ADF
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud802\udedf
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Manichaean