What 𐡯 means
It marks a consonant usually represented by the s sound. Palmyrene Aramaic was the local form of Aramaic written from right to left; 𐡯 was one letter inside its words. Palmyrene is an Aramaic-derived script; related samekh letters also appear in Phoenician, Hebrew, and Syriac.
Palmyrene adapted Aramaic letterforms during the Achaemenid period. The earliest dated Palmyrene inscription is a 44 BCE dedication by priests of Bel, a god worshipped at Palmyra.
The script served civic, religious, funerary, and documentary writing. Some monuments paired local Aramaic with Greek or Latin administrative text.
Alone, it is a specimen of Palmyrene writing: one letter, not a complete word.
Hebrew ס is related but distinct; it is not a substitute for Palmyrene 𐡯.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
2Why does 𐡯 look different in different fonts?
Palmyrene writing had rounded cursive as well as more regular monumental forms. Fonts may reflect different features of those historical styles, so the silhouette can change while the character stays the same.
Why is 𐡯 missing on my screen?
Your font or app may not include Palmyrene. Choose a font with Palmyrene support; a missing-box fallback means the glyph cannot be displayed, not that the character has a different meaning.
How to type 𐡯
𐡯\1086FCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.