U+10589 "𐖉" Vithkuqi Capital Letter Qa Unicode Character

U+10589 "𐖉" Vithkuqi Capital Letter Qa is a letter from the Vithkuqi script, an alphabet historically used to write the Albanian language, particularly in the 19th and early 20th centuries before the script fell out of common use. This specific character represents the capital form of the "Qa" sound, and it is part of the Vithkuqi character block, added to the Unicode Standard in 2022 with the release of version 14.0 to support the digital encoding of this historical writing system. The Vithkuqi script was originally created by Naum Veqilharxhi and is notable for its distinct, flowing letter shapes, which distinguish it from other alphabets used for Albanian.

General Properties

Code Point	U+10589
Version Added	14.0
Name	Vithkuqi Capital Letter Qa
Block	Vithkuqi
General Category	Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐖉
HTML Hex Encoding	𐖉
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x96 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD801 0xDD89
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00010589
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud801\udd89

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	"𐖰" U+105B0 Vithkuqi Small Letter Qa
Lowercase Code Point	"𐖰" U+105B0 Vithkuqi Small Letter Qa
Simple Case Folding	"𐖰" U+105B0 Vithkuqi Small Letter Qa
Case Folding	"𐖰" U+105B0 Vithkuqi Small Letter Qa
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Lowercased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"𐖰" U+105B0 Vithkuqi Small Letter Qa
NFKC Simple Casefold	"𐖰" U+105B0 Vithkuqi Small Letter Qa
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