U+0582 "ւ" Armenian Small Letter Yiwn Unicode Character

U+0582 "ւ" Armenian Small Letter Yiwn is the lowercase form of the thirty-fourth letter of the Armenian alphabet, representing the sound "v" or "w" depending on its position and dialect. Originally part of the classical orthography, it is now less commonly used in modern Eastern and Western Armenian, having been largely replaced by other letters in reformed versions of the script. This character is visually distinctive, resembling a rounded loop with a connecting stroke, and appears in historical texts, religious manuscripts, and certain traditional orthographies where it also functions as a numeral with a value of 400.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0582
Version Added	1.1
Name	Armenian Small Letter Yiwn
Block	Armenian
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ւ
HTML Hex Encoding	ւ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xD6 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0582
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000582
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0582

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	"Ւ" U+0552 Armenian Capital Letter Yiwn
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ւ" U+0552 Armenian Capital Letter Yiwn
Uppercase Code Point	"Ւ" U+0552 Armenian Capital Letter Yiwn
Titlecase Code Point	"Ւ" U+0552 Armenian Capital Letter Yiwn
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