U+055B "՛" Armenian Emphasis Mark Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

՛

U+055B "՛" Armenian Emphasis Mark is a diacritical mark used in the Armenian script to indicate emphasis or a stressed syllable in a word, similar in function to an acute accent in other writing systems. It is placed over a vowel or a consonant that carries syllabic stress, and it appears as a small, right-leaning stroke above the letter. This mark is an essential component of Armenian orthography, helping to clarify pronunciation and meaning, particularly in literary and formal texts where stress placement can distinguish between homographs.

General Properties

Code Point U+055B
Version Added 1.1
Name Armenian Emphasis Mark
Block Armenian
General Category Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ՛
HTML Hex Encoding ՛
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD5 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x055B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000055B
C/C++/Java Escape \u055b

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
Script Armenian
Script Extensions Armenian
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break Other