U+056E "ծ" Armenian Small Letter Ca Unicode Character

U+056E "ծ" Armenian Small Letter Ca is the twenty-first letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the voiceless velar affricate sound /ts/. It is used primarily in the Eastern Armenian dialect, where it corresponds to the sound of "ts" in English, while in Western Armenian it is often pronounced as a simple /dz/. The uppercase form of this letter is U+053E "Ծ", and both versions appear in classical and modern Armenian texts, contributing to the rich orthographic tradition of the language. This character is a key component in writing words such as "ծաղիկ" (flower) and "ծով" (sea), demonstrating its practical role in everyday Armenian communication.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ծ
HTML Hex Encoding	ծ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD5 0xAE
UTF-16 Encoding	0x056E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000056E
C/C++/Java Escape	\u056e

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	"Ծ" U+053E Armenian Capital Letter Ca
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ծ" U+053E Armenian Capital Letter Ca
Uppercase Code Point	"Ծ" U+053E Armenian Capital Letter Ca
Titlecase Code Point	"Ծ" U+053E Armenian Capital Letter Ca
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