U+1C9E "Პ" Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Par Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Პ
U+1C9E "Პ" Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Par is a majuscule form used in the Georgian Mtavruli script, which is a monumental or uppercase variant employed for titles, headings, or decorative writing, distinct from the standard Georgian Mkhedruli alphabet. This character represents the letter "Par," corresponding to the Mkhedruli lowercase "პ" with the sound value of an aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive [pʰ]. Introduced as part of the Georgian Extended block in Unicode version 11.0 (2018), it serves to provide typographic consistency for capitalizing Georgian text in formal or styled contexts, reflecting a broader historical tradition of using Mtavruli for inscriptions and calligraphy while remaining in modern digital use.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1C9E |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Par |
| Block | Georgian Extended |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Პ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Პ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB2 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1C9E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001C9E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1c9e |
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 |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "პ" U+10DE Georgian Letter Par |
| Lowercase Code Point | "პ" U+10DE Georgian Letter Par |
| Simple Case Folding | "პ" U+10DE Georgian Letter Par |
| Case Folding | "პ" U+10DE Georgian Letter Par |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "პ" U+10DE Georgian Letter Par |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "პ" U+10DE Georgian Letter Par |
| 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 |