U+10C3 "Ⴣ" Georgian Capital Letter We Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+10C3 "Ⴣ" Georgian Capital Letter We is a character from the Georgian script, historically used in the medieval Asomtavruli alphabet to represent a voiceless labialized velar approximant or related sound, similar to the English "w" in modern contexts. Unlike the modern Mkhedruli script, this capital letter form is primarily employed for decorative, historical, or stylistic purposes in contemporary typography, such as in inscriptions, titles, or liturgical texts, where it appears within the extended range of the Unicode Georgian block. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper digital representation and preservation of this ancient letter for linguistic study and cultural heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+10C3
Version Added 1.1
Name Georgian Capital Letter We
Block Georgian
General Category Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding Ⴣ
HTML Hex Encoding Ⴣ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x83 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0x10C3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000010C3
C/C++/Java Escape \u10c3

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 "ⴣ" U+2D23 Georgian Small Letter We
Lowercase Code Point "ⴣ" U+2D23 Georgian Small Letter We
Simple Case Folding "ⴣ" U+2D23 Georgian Small Letter We
Case Folding "ⴣ" U+2D23 Georgian Small Letter We
Cased Yes
Changes When Casefolded Yes
Changes When Casemapped Yes
Changes When Lowercased Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "ⴣ" U+2D23 Georgian Small Letter We
NFKC Simple Casefold "ⴣ" U+2D23 Georgian Small Letter We
Script Georgian
Script Extensions Georgian
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