U+104B5 "𐒵" Osage Capital Letter Cha Unicode Character

U+104B5 "𐒵" Osage Capital Letter Cha is part of the Osage script, which was added to the Unicode Standard in version 9.0 released in 2016, representing a phonetic sound similar to the English "ch" as in "chase". This letter is used in writing the Osage language, a Siouan language spoken by the Osage Nation in parts of Oklahoma, and it specifically denotes the uppercase form of the character, with a corresponding lowercase version at U+104DF. The script itself was revitalized in the early 2000s through a modern orthography developed by the Osage Nation, distinguishing it from earlier Latin-based transcriptions and preserving the language's unique phonetic structure.

General Properties

Code Point	U+104B5
Version Added	9.0
Name	Osage Capital Letter Cha
Block	Osage
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐒵
HTML Hex Encoding	𐒵
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x92 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD801 0xDCB5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000104B5
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud801\udcb5

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	"𐓝" U+104DD Osage Small Letter Cha
Lowercase Code Point	"𐓝" U+104DD Osage Small Letter Cha
Simple Case Folding	"𐓝" U+104DD Osage Small Letter Cha
Case Folding	"𐓝" U+104DD Osage Small Letter Cha
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Lowercased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"𐓝" U+104DD Osage Small Letter Cha
NFKC Simple Casefold	"𐓝" U+104DD Osage Small Letter Cha
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