U+04E0 "Ӡ" Cyrillic Capital Letter Abkhasian Dze Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+04E0 "Ӡ" Cyrillic Capital Letter Abkhasian Dze is a distinct letter used in the Abkhaz language, where it represents the voiced alveolar affricate sound /d͡z/, similar to the "dz" in English "adze." It is part of the Cyrillic script's extended block, designed to accommodate the phonetic needs of Abkhaz, a Northwest Caucasian language spoken primarily in the disputed region of Abkhazia. This letter is the uppercase form of the lowercase "ӡ" (U+04E1) and is typically employed in formal writing, titles, and capitalization contexts within Abkhaz orthography. Its inclusion in Unicode helps support the digital representation and preservation of Abkhaz texts, ensuring accurate linguistic notation for both native speakers and scholars.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+04E0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Cyrillic Capital Letter Abkhasian Dze |
| Block | Cyrillic |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ӡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ӡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD3 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x04E0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000004E0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u04e0 |
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 | "ӡ" U+04E1 Cyrillic Small Letter Abkhasian Dze |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ӡ" U+04E1 Cyrillic Small Letter Abkhasian Dze |
| Simple Case Folding | "ӡ" U+04E1 Cyrillic Small Letter Abkhasian Dze |
| Case Folding | "ӡ" U+04E1 Cyrillic Small Letter Abkhasian Dze |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ӡ" U+04E1 Cyrillic Small Letter Abkhasian Dze |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ӡ" U+04E1 Cyrillic Small Letter Abkhasian Dze |
| 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 |