U+0458 "ј" Cyrillic Small Letter Je Unicode Character

U+0458 "ј" Cyrillic Small Letter Je is a distinct grapheme used in several extended Cyrillic alphabets, most notably in Serbian, Macedonian, and Montenegrin, where it represents the palatal approximant sound /j/. It is derived from the Latin letter J and is graphically identical to its Latin counterpart, but it functions as a Cyrillic character within the Unicode standard. This character was introduced as part of the reforms to the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet by Vuk Karadžić in the 19th century to replace the traditional digraphs and simplify orthography. In digital systems, it occupies its own code point to ensure proper text processing, sorting, and rendering in languages that require this specific letter.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0458
Version Added	1.1
Name	Cyrillic Small Letter Je
Block	Cyrillic
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ј
HTML Hex Encoding	ј
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD1 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0458
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000458
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0458

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
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ј" U+0408 Cyrillic Capital Letter Je
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ј" U+0408 Cyrillic Capital Letter Je
Uppercase Code Point	"Ј" U+0408 Cyrillic Capital Letter Je
Titlecase Code Point	"Ј" U+0408 Cyrillic Capital Letter Je
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
Soft Dotted	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower