U+10DF "ჟ" Georgian Letter Zhar Unicode Character

U+10DF "ჟ" Georgian Letter Zhar is the thirty-third letter of the modern Georgian alphabet, used primarily in the Georgian language to represent the voiced retroflex fricative sound /ʒ/, similar to the "s" in "measure" or the "zh" in "Zhuang." This letter is part of the Mkhedruli script, the standard Georgian writing system, and has been in continuous use since at least the early Middle Ages, appearing in historical manuscripts and modern typography alike. As a defining element of Georgian orthography, Zhar contributes to the rich phonetic inventory of the language, which is spoken by over four million people in Georgia and diaspora communities worldwide.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ჟ
HTML Hex Encoding	ჟ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x83 0x9F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x10DF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000010DF
C/C++/Java Escape	\u10df

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	"Ჟ" U+1C9F Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Zhar
Uppercase Code Point	"Ჟ" U+1C9F Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Zhar
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