U+0537 "Է" Armenian Capital Letter Eh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+0537 "Է" Armenian Capital Letter Eh is the seventh letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the sound /ɛ/ or /e/ depending on its position and dialect in Eastern and Western Armenian. It is used in uppercase form at the beginning of words or in proper nouns, with its lowercase counterpart being "ե" (U+0565). This character is part of the Armenian script, which was created by Saint Mesrop Mashtots around 405 AD, and it specifically corresponds to the letter known as "Eh" in the traditional alphabet order. In Armenian typography and digital text, it appears with a distinct shape resembling a hook-like stroke extending from its left side, and it is encoded in the Unicode block for Armenian characters, ensuring its proper representation across modern computing platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+0537
Version Added 1.1
Name Armenian Capital Letter Eh
Block Armenian
General Category Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding Է
HTML Hex Encoding Է
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD4 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0537
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000537
C/C++/Java Escape \u0537

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 "է" U+0567 Armenian Small Letter Eh
Lowercase Code Point "է" U+0567 Armenian Small Letter Eh
Simple Case Folding "է" U+0567 Armenian Small Letter Eh
Case Folding "է" U+0567 Armenian Small Letter Eh
Cased Yes
Changes When Casefolded Yes
Changes When Casemapped Yes
Changes When Lowercased Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "է" U+0567 Armenian Small Letter Eh
NFKC Simple Casefold "է" U+0567 Armenian Small Letter Eh
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