U+10D1 "ბ" Georgian Letter Ban Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+10D1 "ბ" Georgian Letter Ban is the second letter of the modern Georgian alphabet, representing the voiced bilabial plosive sound /b/ and is used in the Georgian language, primarily spoken in the country of Georgia. This character holds significant cultural and linguistic importance, as it is a fundamental component of the Mkhedruli script, the standard writing system for Georgian. In numerical value within the Georgian alphabet's traditional order, Ban corresponds to the number two, and it appears in various historical and modern texts, from medieval manuscripts to contemporary digital communication. Its design features a distinctive looped shape, characteristic of the Mkhedruli script's flowing, cursive style, making it recognizable among Georgian letters.

General Properties

Code Point U+10D1
Version Added 1.1
Name Georgian Letter Ban
Unicode 1.0 Name Georgian Small Letter Ban
Block Georgian
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ბ
HTML Hex Encoding ბ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x83 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0x10D1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000010D1
C/C++/Java Escape \u10d1

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 "Ბ" U+1C91 Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Ban
Uppercase Code Point "Ბ" U+1C91 Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Ban
Cased Yes
Changes When Casemapped Yes
Changes When Uppercased Yes
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 OLetter