U+0484 "҄" Combining Cyrillic Palatalization Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
҄
U+0484 "҄" Combining Cyrillic Palatalization is a diacritical mark used within the Cyrillic script to indicate that a consonant should be pronounced with palatalization, meaning the tongue is raised toward the hard palate during articulation. This combining character is placed above a base Cyrillic letter to modify its sound, historically appearing in early Slavic manuscripts and some modern linguistic transcriptions to denote softness or a slight "y" glide effect. It differs from the similar-looking "҃" Combining Cyrillic Titlo, as its specific function is phonetic rather than scribal abbreviation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0484 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Combining Cyrillic Palatalization |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Cyrillic Non-Spacing Palatalization |
| Block | Cyrillic |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ҄ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ҄ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD2 0x84 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0484 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000484 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0484 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Joining Type | Transparent |
| Line Break | Combining Mark |
| Case Ignorable | Yes |
| Script | Cyrillic |
| Script Extensions | Cyrillic Glagolitic |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Indic Conjunct Break | Extend |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Diacritic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Extend | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Extend |
| Word Break | Extend |
| Sentence Break | Extend |