U+10555 "𐕕" Caucasian Albanian Letter Dzay Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐕕
U+10555 "𐕕" Caucasian Albanian Letter Dzay is a character from the Caucasian Albanian script, an ancient writing system used to record the Caucasian Albanian language, primarily between the 5th and 7th centuries CE in the region of modern-day Azerbaijan and Georgia. This specific letter, known as Dzay, represents a voiced alveolar affricate sound, similar to the "dz" in English words like "adze." The character is part of the Unicode Standard's Caucasian Albanian block, which was added to encode this historical script for digital use, helping to preserve and study the language and culture of the ancient Caucasian Albanian people.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10555 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Caucasian Albanian Letter Dzay |
| Block | Caucasian Albanian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐕕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐕕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x95 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDD55 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010555 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udd55 |
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 |