U+053D "Խ" Armenian Capital Letter Xeh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Խ
U+053D "Խ" Armenian Capital Letter Xeh is the uppercase form of the 13th letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless velar fricative sound /χ/, similar to the "ch" in the Scottish word "loch" or the "j" in Spanish "jalapeño". In the traditional Armenian numeric system, this letter carries the numerical value of 40. The character is primarily used in the Eastern and Western standard orthographies of the Armenian language, appearing in historical texts and modern writing within Armenia and the Armenian diaspora. Its distinct shape, with an open upper loop and a sweeping lower stroke, reflects the unique calligraphic style of the Armenian script, which was developed in the early 5th century by the scholar Mesrop Mashtots.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+053D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Armenian Capital Letter Xeh |
| Block | Armenian |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Խ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Խ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD4 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x053D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000053D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u053d |
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 | "խ" U+056D Armenian Small Letter Xeh |
| Lowercase Code Point | "խ" U+056D Armenian Small Letter Xeh |
| Simple Case Folding | "խ" U+056D Armenian Small Letter Xeh |
| Case Folding | "խ" U+056D Armenian Small Letter Xeh |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "խ" U+056D Armenian Small Letter Xeh |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "խ" U+056D Armenian Small Letter Xeh |
| 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 |