What 𐽕 means
Enter 10F55 in Unicode hexadecimal mode, then run the editor’s conversion command.
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What does the Sogdian double bar mark?
It divides text segments, marking a boundary in Sogdian writing.
Some Sogdian manuscripts use elaborate punctuation to separate a colophon—a closing note at the end of a text—from the main text.
The Ancient Letters are Sogdian letters from the early 4th century, and the earliest substantial records of the language. The Sogdian script developed from the Aramaic alphabet, a writing system used to write Aramaic.
In Sogdian manuscripts and transcriptions, this is structural punctuation that separates text segments.
Its two-bar shape does not make it the modern double vertical line ‖.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Two ordinary ASCII vertical-line characters typed in sequence, not one Sogdian character.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𐽕 look different in different fonts?
The encoded character covers formal and cursive Sogdian styles, which can draw punctuation differently. In vertical layouts, Sogdian writing may be rotated, so the bars can appear sideways too.
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How to type or find 𐽕
- Search it as
- Sogdian double bar · Sogdian punctuation · text divider · double vertical line · Old Uyghur two bars · colophon punctuation
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐽕\10F55Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.