U+0572 "ղ" Armenian Small Letter Ghad Unicode Character

U+0572 "ղ" Armenian Small Letter Ghad is the lowercase form of the Armenian letter "Ղ" (capital Ghad), which represents the voiced velar fricative sound /ʁ/, similar to the French "r" in "Paris." This letter is a standard part of the Armenian alphabet, used in both Eastern and Western Armenian orthographies, and it appears in the Unicode block designated for Armenian script. In addition to its phonetic role, the character is employed in Armenian text for writing words like "ղեկ" (rudder) and carries cultural significance as a distinctive element of the Armenian language's alphabet.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0572
Version Added	1.1
Name	Armenian Small Letter Ghad
Unicode 1.0 Name	Armenian Small Letter Lad
Block	Armenian
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ղ
HTML Hex Encoding	ղ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD5 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0572
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000572
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0572

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	"Ղ" U+0542 Armenian Capital Letter Ghad
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ղ" U+0542 Armenian Capital Letter Ghad
Uppercase Code Point	"Ղ" U+0542 Armenian Capital Letter Ghad
Titlecase Code Point	"Ղ" U+0542 Armenian Capital Letter Ghad
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