U+10F7 "ჷ" Georgian Letter Yn Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+10F7 "ჷ" Georgian Letter Yn is a letter from the Georgian script, specifically part of the modern Georgian alphabet used primarily to represent a mid central vowel sound, similar to the schwa, in the Mingrelian and Svan languages. It is also employed in the Ossetian language when written in the Georgian script, though its usage has declined over time. As a distinct grapheme, it adds phonetic depth to these languages by marking a vowel not originally present in standard Georgian, and its inclusion in Unicode ensures digital preservation and cross-platform support for minority and historical writing systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10F7 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Georgian Letter Yn |
| Block | Georgian |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ჷ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ჷ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0x83 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x10F7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000010F7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u10f7 |
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 | "Ჷ" U+1CB7 Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Yn |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ჷ" U+1CB7 Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Yn |
| 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 |