U+055C "՜" Armenian Exclamation Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
՜
U+055C "՜" Armenian Exclamation Mark is a punctuation symbol used in the Armenian script to denote strong emotion, surprise, or emphasis, typically placed at the end of an exclamatory sentence or phrase, similar to the function of the exclamation mark in Latin-based alphabets. It features a distinctive diagonal stroke that leans to the right, setting it apart visually from other punctuation marks. This character is encoded in the Unicode Armenian block, which covers the classical and modern orthography of the Armenian language, and it is an essential component of written Armenian for conveying tone in both literary and everyday contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+055C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Armenian Exclamation 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 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x055C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000055C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u055c |
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 |