What 𐔉 means
To write an Albanian Gospel in a purpose-made alphabet. The Elbasan script was devised around 1750 for the Elbasan Gospel Manuscript, which translates the four Christian Gospels—the accounts of Jesus—into Albanian and is dated 1761. Most Elbasan letters seem newly designed, though some shapes may reflect Greek or Cyrillic. Albanian writing also used Latin, Greek, and Arabic scripts in different religious traditions; Elbasan was an original local alternative.
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4Questions people ask
1Why does 𐔉 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 𐔉
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 10509, then Alt+X to get 𐔉.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “elbasan letter fe”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 10509, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𐔉CSS
\10509Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐔉
HTML hex
𐔉
CSS content
content: "\10509";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%94%89
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.