Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Yodh Character
𐭩 is the Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Yodh (U+10B69), used for representing this historical script character.
U+10B69
𐭩 is a character in the Old Persian family of Unicode characters: the Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Yodh. It’s useful when you’re transcribing or displaying text from historical materials digitally. This page helps you copy the symbol correctly across platforms.
Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Yodh Character Meaning
𐭩 is the Unicode character named “INSCRIPTIONAL PAHLAVI LETTER YODH” with the code point U+10B69. As part of the Inscriptional Pahlavi script tradition (a historic writing system), it represents a letter commonly transliterated with a “yod/yodh” sound in scholarly work. In practice, you’ll most often encounter it when transcribing inscriptions, preparing fonts or character sets that support Old Persian-related scripts, or when working on documents that require accurate character-by-character reproduction. If you’re writing in modern languages, it’s generally not used as a standard Latin or Arabic letter replacement—its purpose is accurate script representation.
Common uses
- •Copying the exact character for digital transcription of Inscriptional Pahlavi text
- •Typography and font testing for scripts in the Old Persian/Inscriptional Pahlavi block
- •Creating educational materials that show character-level spellings
- •Indexing and labeling glyphs in linguistic or historical research documents
- •Publishing Unicode-correct text for archives, catalogs, and manuscript references
Examples
𐭩 Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Yodh
- 𐭩𐭩
- 𐭩Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭩
- 𐭩Unicode test: U+10B69 = 𐭩
- 𐭩Glyph reference for 𐭩 in a character chart
- 𐭩Transcription includes 𐭩 at this position
Variations
Technical codes
| Unicode | U+10B69 | |
| HTML Entity | 𐭩 | |
| HTML Code | 𐭩 | |
| CSS | \10B69 |
FAQ
What does the Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Yodh character mean?
𐭩 is the Unicode character named “INSCRIPTIONAL PAHLAVI LETTER YODH” with the code point U+10B69. As part of the Inscriptional Pahlavi script tradition (a historic writing system), it represents a letter commonly transliterated with a “yod/yodh” sound in scholarly work. In practice, you’ll most often encounter it when transcribing inscriptions, preparing fonts or character sets that support Old Persian-related scripts, or when working on documents that require accurate character-by-character reproduction. If you’re writing in modern languages, it’s generally not used as a standard Latin or Arabic letter replacement—its purpose is accurate script representation.
What is the Unicode code point for 𐭩?
𐭩 is U+10B69.
How can I copy 𐭩 into HTML?
Use the HTML entity: 𐭩.
What’s the JavaScript escape for 𐭩?
Use \\u{10B69}.
Is 𐭩 the same as a regular “Y” letter?
No. 𐭩 specifically represents the Inscriptional Pahlavi Letter Yodh character for the historical script, not the Latin letter “Y.”