U+0552 "Ւ" Armenian Capital Letter Yiwn Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

Ւ

U+0552 "Ւ" Armenian Capital Letter Yiwn is the uppercase form of the 34th letter of the Armenian alphabet, though its classification and representation have varied across historical orthographies. In Classical Armenian, this character typically represented a semivowel or glide sound, often transliterated as "w" or "v" depending on its phonetic context, and it appears in traditional texts and inscriptions. In the standard modern Eastern and Western Armenian alphabets, this capital letter is largely preserved in historical and liturgical writing, as the sound it represents has been merged with or replaced by the letter Vew (Վ) in contemporary usage. The glyph of "Ւ" features a distinctive, rounded shape with a vertical stem and an upper loop, reflecting the calligraphic style of Armenian uncial script.

General Properties

Code Point U+0552
Version Added 1.1
Name Armenian Capital Letter Yiwn
Block Armenian
General Category Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding Ւ
HTML Hex Encoding Ւ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD5 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0552
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000552
C/C++/Java Escape \u0552

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 "ւ" U+0582 Armenian Small Letter Yiwn
Lowercase Code Point "ւ" U+0582 Armenian Small Letter Yiwn
Simple Case Folding "ւ" U+0582 Armenian Small Letter Yiwn
Case Folding "ւ" U+0582 Armenian Small Letter Yiwn
Cased Yes
Changes When Casefolded Yes
Changes When Casemapped Yes
Changes When Lowercased Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "ւ" U+0582 Armenian Small Letter Yiwn
NFKC Simple Casefold "ւ" U+0582 Armenian Small Letter Yiwn
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