U+0402 "Ђ" Cyrillic Capital Letter Dje Unicode Character

U+0402 "Ђ" Cyrillic Capital Letter Dje is a letter used primarily in the Serbian and Macedonian Cyrillic alphabets, where it represents the voiced palato-alveolar affricate sound similar to the "j" in English "jeep". It is part of the Cyrillic Extended-A block and has a distinct uppercase form that resembles a D with a curved tail or a small hook at the top, while its lowercase counterpart is "ђ" (U+0452). This character is historically derived from the letter д (De) with a modification to indicate a different phonetic value, and it plays an essential role in accurately writing words in these South Slavic languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0402
Version Added	1.1
Name	Cyrillic Capital Letter Dje
Block	Cyrillic
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	Ђ
HTML Hex Encoding	Ђ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD0 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0402
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000402
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0402

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Uppercase	Yes
Simple Lowercase Code Point	"ђ" U+0452 Cyrillic Small Letter Dje
Lowercase Code Point	"ђ" U+0452 Cyrillic Small Letter Dje
Simple Case Folding	"ђ" U+0452 Cyrillic Small Letter Dje
Case Folding	"ђ" U+0452 Cyrillic Small Letter Dje
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Lowercased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"ђ" U+0452 Cyrillic Small Letter Dje
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ђ" U+0452 Cyrillic Small Letter Dje
Script	Cyrillic
Script Extensions	Cyrillic
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Upper