U+10572 "𐕲" Vithkuqi Capital Letter Be Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐕲
U+10572 "𐕲" Vithkuqi Capital Letter Be is a glyph from the historic Vithkuqi script, which was developed in the 19th century for writing the Albanian language. This character represents the sound /b/, equivalent to the Latin letter B, and is part of a larger alphabet created by the scholar Naum Veqilharxhi to promote Albanian literacy during a period of cultural revival. The capital form follows the uppercase styling of the script, featuring distinctive rounded and angular shapes that reflect the unique aesthetic of Vithkuqi writing. As an encoded character in Unicode version 14.0, released in 2021, it supports the digital preservation and modern use of this historical alphabet.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10572 |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Vithkuqi Capital Letter Be |
| Block | Vithkuqi |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐕲 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐕲 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x95 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDD72 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010572 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udd72 |
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 | "𐖙" U+10599 Vithkuqi Small Letter Be |
| Lowercase Code Point | "𐖙" U+10599 Vithkuqi Small Letter Be |
| Simple Case Folding | "𐖙" U+10599 Vithkuqi Small Letter Be |
| Case Folding | "𐖙" U+10599 Vithkuqi Small Letter Be |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "𐖙" U+10599 Vithkuqi Small Letter Be |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "𐖙" U+10599 Vithkuqi Small Letter Be |
| Script | Vithkuqi |
| Script Extensions | Vithkuqi |
| 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 |