U+04BC "Ҽ" Cyrillic Capital Letter Abkhasian Che Unicode Character
U+04BC "Ҽ" Cyrillic Capital Letter Abkhasian Che is a specialized glyph used in the Cyrillic script to represent a specific sound in the Abkhaz language, a Northwest Caucasian language spoken primarily in the disputed region of Abkhazia. This letter, known as Abkhasian Che, is distinct from the standard Cyrillic Che (Ч) and is designed to denote a voiceless retroflex affricate, a sound akin to a hard "ch" produced with the tongue curled back. Its lowercase form is "ҽ" (U+04BD), and it is part of the Cyrillic Extended-B block, added to the Unicode Standard in version 1.1 to support the orthographic needs of Abkhaz. The character is generally displayed in a serif or sans-serif style depending on the font, and its inclusion ensures proper digital representation of written Abkhaz, which also uses other unique letters like Ҕ and Ҧ for its diverse phonetic inventory.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+04BC |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Cyrillic Capital Letter Abkhasian Che |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Cyrillic Capital Letter Ie Hook |
| Block | Cyrillic |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ҽ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ҽ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD2 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x04BC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000004BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u04bc |
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 | "ҽ" U+04BD Cyrillic Small Letter Abkhasian Che |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ҽ" U+04BD Cyrillic Small Letter Abkhasian Che |
| Simple Case Folding | "ҽ" U+04BD Cyrillic Small Letter Abkhasian Che |
| Case Folding | "ҽ" U+04BD Cyrillic Small Letter Abkhasian Che |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ҽ" U+04BD Cyrillic Small Letter Abkhasian Che |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ҽ" U+04BD Cyrillic Small Letter Abkhasian 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 |