U+1CA4 "Ფ" Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Phar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Ფ
U+1CA4 "Ფ" Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Phar is a typographic uppercase form of the Georgian Mkhedruli script letter "ფ" (phar), used primarily for decorative or editorial emphasis in modern Georgian text rather than in traditional writing. It represents the aspirated voiceless bilabial plosive sound /pʰ/, similar to the English "p" as in "pat" when followed by a strong puff of air. Introduced in Unicode version 11.0 as part of the Georgian Extended block, this character is distinct from the standard Mkhedruli lowercase and is employed in contexts such as titles, signage, or calligraphy where a more formal or capitalized appearance is desired, though Georgian does not use capitalization in the same way as Latin scripts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1CA4 |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Phar |
| Block | Georgian Extended |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ფ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ფ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB2 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1CA4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001CA4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ca4 |
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 | "ფ" U+10E4 Georgian Letter Phar |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ფ" U+10E4 Georgian Letter Phar |
| Simple Case Folding | "ფ" U+10E4 Georgian Letter Phar |
| Case Folding | "ფ" U+10E4 Georgian Letter Phar |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ფ" U+10E4 Georgian Letter Phar |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ფ" U+10E4 Georgian Letter Phar |
| 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 |