U+04C0 "Ӏ" Cyrillic Letter Palochka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+04C0 "Ӏ" Cyrillic Letter Palochka is a unique glyph used primarily in several languages of the Caucasus region, such as Abaza, Adyghe, Chechen, and Ingush, to represent a glottal stop or a pharyngealized sound, often functioning as a consonant that signifies a sharp break in the vocal airflow. It is notable for its visual similarity to the Latin capital letter "I" or the digit "1", which can cause confusion in text processing and optical character recognition, leading to specific efforts in font design and encoding to distinguish it. Despite its simple appearance, the palochka holds essential phonological value in these languages, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper representation and preservation of their written traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+04C0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Cyrillic Letter Palochka |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Cyrillic Letter I |
| Block | Cyrillic |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ӏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ӏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD3 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x04C0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000004C0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u04c0 |
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 | "ӏ" U+04CF Cyrillic Small Letter Palochka |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ӏ" U+04CF Cyrillic Small Letter Palochka |
| Simple Case Folding | "ӏ" U+04CF Cyrillic Small Letter Palochka |
| Case Folding | "ӏ" U+04CF Cyrillic Small Letter Palochka |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ӏ" U+04CF Cyrillic Small Letter Palochka |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ӏ" U+04CF Cyrillic Small Letter Palochka |
| 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 |