U+10B17 "𐬗" Avestan Letter Ce Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+10B17 "𐬗" Avestan Letter Ce is a character from the Avestan script, which was used to write the Avestan language, the sacred language of the Zoroastrian religion. This specific letter represents the consonant sound /tʃe/ and is part of a historically important alphabet that originated in the 4th to 6th century CE for recording liturgical texts. While the Avestan script is no longer used for everyday communication, it remains significant for the study of ancient Indo-Iranian languages and the religious traditions of Zoroastrianism. The inclusion of this character in the Unicode Standard ensures its preservation and accessibility for scholars, linguists, and digital text encoding across modern computing platforms.
General Properties
Code Point
U+10B17
Name
Avestan Letter Ce
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𐬗
HTML Hex Encoding
𐬗
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x90 0xAC 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD802 0xDF17
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00010B17
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud802\udf17
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Avestan