U+0453 "ѓ" Cyrillic Small Letter Gje Unicode Character

U+0453 "ѓ" Cyrillic Small Letter Gje is a letter used primarily in the Macedonian Cyrillic alphabet, where it represents the voiced palatal plosive sound /ɟ/, similar to the "g" in "argue" but softer. It is derived from the Cyrillic letter Ge (г) with an acute accent, and its uppercase counterpart is U+0403. This character is distinct from the Serbian Cyrillic letter Đ (Dje), which has a different form and phonetic value, and it is an essential part of Macedonian orthography for writing words like "ѓакон" (deacon).

General Properties

Code Point	U+0453
Version Added	1.1
Name	Cyrillic Small Letter Gje
Block	Cyrillic
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Canonical
Decomposition Mapping	"г" U+0433 Cyrillic Small Letter Ghe "́" U+0301 Combining Acute Accent

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ѓ
HTML Hex Encoding	ѓ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD1 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0453
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000453
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0453

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ѓ" U+0403 Cyrillic Capital Letter Gje
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ѓ" U+0403 Cyrillic Capital Letter Gje
Uppercase Code Point	"Ѓ" U+0403 Cyrillic Capital Letter Gje
Titlecase Code Point	"Ѓ" U+0403 Cyrillic Capital Letter Gje
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
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	Lower