U+1054C "𐕌" Caucasian Albanian Letter Maq Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐕌
U+1054C "𐕌" Caucasian Albanian Letter Maq is a letter from the Caucasian Albanian alphabet, which was historically used to write the now extinct Caucasian Albanian language, spoken in the ancient kingdom of Caucasian Albania in the South Caucasus. This specific character represents the sound /m/ and is part of a set of over 50 letters that were rediscovered through medieval manuscripts and inscriptions, with the script itself being closely related to the Armenian and Georgian alphabets in its origins. The inclusion of this character in Unicode supports the digital preservation and study of this ancient writing system, allowing researchers and linguists to accurately transcribe and analyze historical texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1054C |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Caucasian Albanian Letter Maq |
| Block | Caucasian Albanian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐕌 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐕌 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x95 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDD4C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001054C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udd4c |
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 |
| Script | Caucasian Albanian |
| Script Extensions | Caucasian Albanian |
| 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 | OLetter |