U+0569 "թ" Armenian Small Letter To Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+0569 "թ" Armenian Small Letter To is the thirty-first letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless alveolar plosive sound /tʰ/ in Eastern Armenian and serving as a key component of the classical and reformed orthographies. Its uppercase counterpart is U+0539 "Թ" Armenian Capital Letter To, and the character traces its origins to the medieval Armenian script developed by Mesrop Mashtots in the early 5th century CE. In modern usage, this letter is essential for spelling native Armenian words, common loanwords, and appears in numerous cultural and historical texts, including religious manuscripts and contemporary literature. The character's distinct shape, featuring a curved top stroke and vertical stem, contributes to the unique visual identity of the Armenian script, which is used by approximately seven million speakers worldwide.

General Properties

Code Point U+0569
Version Added 1.1
Name Armenian Small Letter To
Block Armenian
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding թ
HTML Hex Encoding թ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xD5 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0569
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000569
C/C++/Java Escape \u0569

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
Lowercase Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point "Թ" U+0539 Armenian Capital Letter To
Simple Titlecase Code Point "Թ" U+0539 Armenian Capital Letter To
Uppercase Code Point "Թ" U+0539 Armenian Capital Letter To
Titlecase Code Point "Թ" U+0539 Armenian Capital Letter To
Cased Yes
Changes When Casemapped Yes
Changes When Titlecased Yes
Changes When Uppercased Yes
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 Lower