U+105B8 "𐖸" Vithkuqi Small Letter Ve Unicode Character

U+105B8 "𐖸" Vithkuqi Small Letter Ve is part of the Vithkuqi script, a historical alphabet used primarily to write the Albanian language, with this specific glyph representing the consonant sound /v/, akin to the English letter "V". It is classified as a lowercase letter within the Vithkuqi block, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2021 as part of version 14.0 to support the revival and digital preservation of this endangered script. The character pairs with its uppercase form, U+10590 𐖐, following the standard letter case conventions of the script, and its usage is primarily scholarly and cultural, aimed at promoting the linguistic heritage of the Albanian communities that once employed this writing system.

General Properties

Code Point	U+105B8
Version Added	14.0
Name	Vithkuqi Small Letter Ve
Block	Vithkuqi
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𐖸
HTML Hex Encoding	𐖸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x90 0x96 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD801 0xDDB8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000105B8
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud801\uddb8

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	"𐖑" U+10591 Vithkuqi Capital Letter Ve
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"𐖑" U+10591 Vithkuqi Capital Letter Ve
Uppercase Code Point	"𐖑" U+10591 Vithkuqi Capital Letter Ve
Titlecase Code Point	"𐖑" U+10591 Vithkuqi Capital Letter Ve
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