U+10FC "ჼ" Modifier Letter Georgian Nar Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+10FC "ჼ" Modifier Letter Georgian Nar is a modifier letter used in the Georgian script to indicate a nasalized or palatalized variant of a preceding consonant, particularly when transcribing other languages or representing dialectal forms. It is classified as a combining mark, although it typically appears as a standalone character in text, and it originated from the Georgian-Mingrelian orthography of old, where it was employed to modify letters for phonetic precision. This character belongs to the Georgian block within Unicode and is visually similar to an apostrophe or a small hook, distinct from the standard Georgian letters, and it is used in scholarly or liturgical contexts rather than in modern standard Georgian. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures consistent digital representation for specialized linguistic and historical documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+10FC
Version Added 4.1
Name Modifier Letter Georgian Nar
Block Georgian
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Super
Decomposition Mapping "ნ" U+10DC Georgian Letter Nar

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ჼ
HTML Hex Encoding ჼ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0x83 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0x10FC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000010FC
C/C++/Java Escape \u10fc

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Lowercase Yes
Other Lowercase Yes
Case Ignorable Yes
Cased Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "ნ" U+10DC Georgian Letter Nar
NFKC Simple Casefold "ნ" U+10DC Georgian Letter Nar
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 Lower