U+056A "ժ" Armenian Small Letter Zhe Unicode Character

U+056A "ժ" Armenian Small Letter Zhe is the lowercase form of the twentieth letter in the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiced postalveolar fricative sound /ʒ/, similar to the "s" in the English word "measure." It follows the letter "Թ" (T’o) and is part of the Eastern and Western Armenian scripts, appearing in words of both native and borrowed origin. In Armenian typography and digital text, this character is encoded for use in writing systems that support the Armenian language, preserving the distinctive visual and phonetic identity of this ancient alphabet.

General Properties

Code Point	U+056A
Version Added	1.1
Name	Armenian Small Letter Zhe
Block	Armenian
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ժ
HTML Hex Encoding	ժ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD5 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding	0x056A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000056A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u056a

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	"Ժ" U+053A Armenian Capital Letter Zhe
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ժ" U+053A Armenian Capital Letter Zhe
Uppercase Code Point	"Ժ" U+053A Armenian Capital Letter Zhe
Titlecase Code Point	"Ժ" U+053A Armenian Capital Letter Zhe
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