U+0545 "Յ" Armenian Capital Letter Yi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0545 "Յ" Armenian Capital Letter Yi is the uppercase form of the letter "yi" in the Armenian alphabet, historically representing the consonant sound /j/ in classical and modern Eastern Armenian, while in Western Armenian it often denotes /h/ or is silent depending on its position within a word. It is part of the Armenian script block and is used in the traditional 38-letter alphabet, functioning as the 21st letter in the standard order. Visually, it resembles a vertical line with a curved top hook, similar to a reversed Latin uppercase "J" without a dot. This letter appears primarily in formal writing, titles, and the start of sentences, contributing to the representation of Armenian language and cultural identity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0545 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Armenian Capital Letter Yi |
| Block | Armenian |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Յ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Յ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xD5 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0545 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000545 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0545 |
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 | "յ" U+0575 Armenian Small Letter Yi |
| Lowercase Code Point | "յ" U+0575 Armenian Small Letter Yi |
| Simple Case Folding | "յ" U+0575 Armenian Small Letter Yi |
| Case Folding | "յ" U+0575 Armenian Small Letter Yi |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "յ" U+0575 Armenian Small Letter Yi |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "յ" U+0575 Armenian Small Letter Yi |
| 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 |