U+1055C "𐕜" Caucasian Albanian Letter Tiwr Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐕜

U+1055C "𐕜" Caucasian Albanian Letter Tiwr is a letter from the historical Caucasian Albanian alphabet, which was used to write the Caucasian Albanian language between the 5th and 12th centuries CE. This script is believed to have been a vital medium for early Christian texts and inscriptions in the region of modern-day Azerbaijan and Georgia. The letter Tiwr represents a specific sound in the language, and its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and facilitate the digital study of this ancient writing system, which was deciphered largely through medieval Armenian manuscripts.

General Properties

Code Point U+1055C
Version Added 7.0
Name Caucasian Albanian Letter Tiwr
Block Caucasian Albanian
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐕜
HTML Hex Encoding 𐕜
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x95 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDD5C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001055C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udd5c

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