U+1059B "𐖛" Vithkuqi Small Letter Che Unicode Character

U+1059B "𐖛" Vithkuqi Small Letter Che is a lowercase letter from the Vithkuqi alphabet, a historical script devised in the 19th century for writing the Albanian language, representing the sound typically transcribed as "ç" or "ch". This character belongs to the Vithkuqi block of Unicode, which was added to the standard in 2022 to support the preservation and digital encoding of the script. The letter Che is used in the Vithkuqi orthography as part of a set of 46 letters, including both uppercase and lowercase forms, designed to phonetically represent Albanian speech. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and speakers can render this distinctive letter in modern digital environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1059B
Version Added	14.0
Name	Vithkuqi Small Letter Che
Block	Vithkuqi
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐖛
HTML Hex Encoding	𐖛
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x96 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD801 0xDD9B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001059B
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud801\udd9b

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
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"𐕴" U+10574 Vithkuqi Capital Letter Che
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"𐕴" U+10574 Vithkuqi Capital Letter Che
Uppercase Code Point	"𐕴" U+10574 Vithkuqi Capital Letter Che
Titlecase Code Point	"𐕴" U+10574 Vithkuqi Capital Letter Che
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
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	Lower