U+1057E "𐕾" Vithkuqi Capital Letter I Unicode Character

U+1057E "𐕾" Vithkuqi Capital Letter I is a glyph from the Vithkuqi script, an alphabet historically used to write the Albanian language, and it represents the capital form of the vowel sound /i/. This script was devised in the 19th century as part of a cultural and literary revival for Albanian, and it features a distinct, linear design that contrasts with the more common Latin and Greek alphabets. The character is encoded in Unicode's supplementary multilingual plane, ensuring its preservation for digital use and historical study. As a capital letter, it would have been employed at the start of sentences or for proper nouns in Vithkuqi texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1057E
Version Added	14.0
Name	Vithkuqi Capital Letter I
Block	Vithkuqi
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐕾
HTML Hex Encoding	𐕾
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x95 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD801 0xDD7E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001057E
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud801\udd7e

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	"𐖥" U+105A5 Vithkuqi Small Letter I
Lowercase Code Point	"𐖥" U+105A5 Vithkuqi Small Letter I
Simple Case Folding	"𐖥" U+105A5 Vithkuqi Small Letter I
Case Folding	"𐖥" U+105A5 Vithkuqi Small Letter I
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Lowercased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"𐖥" U+105A5 Vithkuqi Small Letter I
NFKC Simple Casefold	"𐖥" U+105A5 Vithkuqi Small Letter I
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