U+104B0 "𐒰" Osage Capital Letter A Unicode Character

U+104B0 "𐒰" Osage Capital Letter A is the uppercase form of the first letter in the Osage alphabet, used for writing the Osage language, which is spoken by the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. This character was added to the Unicode Standard as part of the Osage block in version 9.0, released in 2016, to support the revitalization and digital preservation of the language. Its design is based on traditional Osage orthography, created in the early 2000s, and it represents the vowel sound similar to the 'a' in the English word "father," playing a key role in written communication for the Osage community.

General Properties

Code Point	U+104B0
Version Added	9.0
Name	Osage Capital Letter A
Block	Osage
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐒰
HTML Hex Encoding	𐒰
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x92 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD801 0xDCB0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000104B0
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud801\udcb0

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
Uppercase	Yes
Simple Lowercase Code Point	"𐓘" U+104D8 Osage Small Letter A
Lowercase Code Point	"𐓘" U+104D8 Osage Small Letter A
Simple Case Folding	"𐓘" U+104D8 Osage Small Letter A
Case Folding	"𐓘" U+104D8 Osage Small Letter A
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Lowercased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"𐓘" U+104D8 Osage Small Letter A
NFKC Simple Casefold	"𐓘" U+104D8 Osage Small Letter A
Script	Osage
Script Extensions	Osage
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	Upper