U+10EC "წ" Georgian Letter Cil Unicode Character

U+10EC "წ" Georgian Letter Cil is a character in the Georgian script, specifically part of the modern Georgian alphabet known as Mkhedruli, where it represents a strongly aspirated voiceless alveolar affricate sound, similar to the "ts" in "cats" but pronounced with greater force. This letter is used in the Georgian language to write words such as "წიგნი" (tsigni), meaning "book," and holds a significant place in Georgian orthography as one of the thirty-three letters of the standard alphabet. Historically, the Mkhedruli script, which includes "წ," emerged around the 11th century and remains the primary script for modern Georgian, distinct from the older liturgical scripts Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri.

General Properties

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

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	წ
HTML Hex Encoding	წ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0x83 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x10EC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000010EC
C/C++/Java Escape	\u10ec

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	"Წ" U+1CAC Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Cil
Uppercase Code Point	"Წ" U+1CAC Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Cil
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