U+0538 "Ը" Armenian Capital Letter Et Unicode Character

U+0538 "Ը" Armenian Capital Letter Et is the uppercase form of the eighth letter in the Armenian alphabet, representing the sound similar to the English schwa or the vowel in "about". It is one of the original letters created by the scholar Mesrop Mashtots in the early 5th century AD for the Armenian script, and its lowercase counterpart is "ը". This letter plays a significant role in Armenian orthography, often used as a prefix or article in classical and modern writing. Its design features a distinctive circular or oval upper shape with a descending stroke, contributing to the aesthetic flow of the Armenian script.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0538
Version Added	1.1
Name	Armenian Capital Letter Et
Block	Armenian
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	Ը
HTML Hex Encoding	Ը
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD4 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0538
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000538
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0538

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	"ը" U+0568 Armenian Small Letter Et
Lowercase Code Point	"ը" U+0568 Armenian Small Letter Et
Simple Case Folding	"ը" U+0568 Armenian Small Letter Et
Case Folding	"ը" U+0568 Armenian Small Letter Et
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Lowercased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"ը" U+0568 Armenian Small Letter Et
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ը" U+0568 Armenian Small Letter Et
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