What 𐫥 means
It compresses a word form; the neighboring letter tells you which one.
The mark attaches to a base character. With Manichaean letter 𐫢, it shortens forms meaning “he or she”; a plural ending can make that “they.” With 𐫇, it abbreviates a form meaning “and.” These examples come from Middle Persian and Parthian manuscript spelling.
Manichaean scribes also used abbreviation marks for plural or elided spellings—spellings with sounds or letters left out. Shortening could help a word fit a manuscript line.
Why does 𐫥 appear in Manichaean manuscripts?
It belongs to a religious writing tradition used across several languages.
Manichaeism began in the third century CE. Its script was used for religious texts in Middle and Early Modern Persian, Parthian, Sogdian, Bactrian, Uyghur, and some Tocharian texts; it drew on Syriac Estrangela and Palmyrene Aramaic writing traditions.
Surviving Iranian Turfan fragments cited in the archive date to the 8th–11th centuries.
A specialized mark in Manichaean manuscript spelling, where placement and neighboring letters carry its meaning.
As a combining mark in right-to-left text, it belongs with a base letter; alone, its reading is incomplete.
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Who writes 𐫥
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What it means when someone sends it to you
5 readingsAn abbreviated form meaning “he or she.”
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Combination ideas
2Questions people ask
1Why does 𐫥 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.
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𐫥\10AE5Codes and encoding1 code points
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