U+1055F "𐕟" Caucasian Albanian Letter Cyaw Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1055F "𐕟" Caucasian Albanian Letter Cyaw is a historical character used to write the Caucasian Albanian language, an early medieval language spoken in the region of the South Caucasus. This letter represents a specific sound or phoneme within the Caucasian Albanian alphabet, which was developed in the 5th century AD and is believed to have been used primarily for religious and liturgical texts. The script was rediscovered and deciphered in the 20th century through surviving manuscripts and inscriptions, and the character Cyaw is one of the alphabetic symbols included in the Unicode Standard to support digital representation of this ancient writing system. Its inclusion in Unicode helps preserve and study the linguistic heritage of the Caucasian Albanian people.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𐕟 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𐕟 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x90 0x95 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD801 0xDD5F |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001055F |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud801\udd5f |
Unicode Properties