What 𐎧 means
Its consonant is written x in scholarly spellings.
In xšāyaθiya (“king”), 𐎧 supplies only the first consonant; a separate Old Persian sign, 𐏋, can stand for the whole title.
Behistun is the earliest known Old Persian inscription as of 2026. Darius I used it to proclaim his royal title and ancestry. Old Persian cuneiform was created for royal monuments rather than everyday writing; estimates date its invention to around 525 BCE or probably 519 BCE.
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Who writes 𐎧
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐎧 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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How to type or find 𐎧
- Search it as
- Old Persian xa · Old Persian x · Behistun xa · xšāyaθiya
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
𐎧CSS
\103A7Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐎧
HTML hex
𐎧
CSS content
content: "\103A7";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%8E%A7
1
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.