U+0427 "Ч" Cyrillic Capital Letter Che Unicode Character

U+0427 "Ч" Cyrillic Capital Letter Che is a letter used in multiple Cyrillic-based alphabets, including Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, and Serbian, where it typically represents the voiceless postalveolar affricate sound similar to the "ch" in the English word "church." It appears in both uppercase (Ч) and lowercase (ч) forms, with its shape derived from an adaptation of the Greek letter Koppa (Ϙ) or a modified form of the Hebrew letter Chet. In numeric contexts, the character also holds cultural significance, as it is sometimes used as an abbreviation for "che" in measurements or as a stylistic element in logos and typography.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0427
Version Added	1.1
Name	Cyrillic Capital Letter Che
Block	Cyrillic
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	Ч
HTML Hex Encoding	Ч
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD0 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0427
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000427
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0427

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
East Asian Width	Ambiguous
Uppercase	Yes
Simple Lowercase Code Point	"ч" U+0447 Cyrillic Small Letter Che
Lowercase Code Point	"ч" U+0447 Cyrillic Small Letter Che
Simple Case Folding	"ч" U+0447 Cyrillic Small Letter Che
Case Folding	"ч" U+0447 Cyrillic Small Letter Che
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Lowercased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"ч" U+0447 Cyrillic Small Letter Che
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ч" U+0447 Cyrillic Small Letter Che
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