U+0532 "Բ" Armenian Capital Letter Ben Unicode Character

U+0532 "Բ" Armenian Capital Letter Ben is the second letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the sound "b" as in "bed" and is a key component in both classical Eastern Armenian and Western Armenian orthographies. This uppercase form, called "ben" in Armenian, is derived from the early medieval script created by Mesrop Mashtots around 405 AD, and it pairs with its lowercase counterpart "բ" (U+0562). In texts, it appears at the beginning of proper nouns and sentences, and its distinctive shape features a rounded top with a vertical stroke descending below the baseline, linking it to a rich literary tradition that includes translations of the Bible and modern Armenian literature.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0532
Version Added	1.1
Name	Armenian Capital Letter Ben
Block	Armenian
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	Բ
HTML Hex Encoding	Բ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD4 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0532
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000532
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0532

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	"բ" U+0562 Armenian Small Letter Ben
Lowercase Code Point	"բ" U+0562 Armenian Small Letter Ben
Simple Case Folding	"բ" U+0562 Armenian Small Letter Ben
Case Folding	"բ" U+0562 Armenian Small Letter Ben
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Lowercased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"բ" U+0562 Armenian Small Letter Ben
NFKC Simple Casefold	"բ" U+0562 Armenian Small Letter Ben
Script	Armenian
Script Extensions	Armenian
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