U+1CA7 "Ყ" Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Qar Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1CA7 "Ყ" Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Qar is a capital letter form used in the Georgian Mtavruli script, which is a monumental or uppercase variant of the Georgian alphabet. This character corresponds to the lowercase Mkhedruli letter "ყ" (qar), representing the uvular ejective consonant [qʼ] in the Georgian language. It was added to Unicode as part of the Georgian Extended block to support the distinct capitalization style employed in inscriptions, headings, and formal texts, distinguishing it from the more common Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri scripts. The Mtavruli case system is unique in that it does not use a traditional lowercase for everyday writing; instead, it serves as a stylistic uppercase for titles and emphasis within the modern Georgian script ecosystem.

General Properties

Code Point U+1CA7
Version Added 11.0
Name Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Qar
Block Georgian Extended
General Category Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding Ყ
HTML Hex Encoding Ყ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xB2 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1CA7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001CA7
C/C++/Java Escape \u1ca7

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 "ყ" U+10E7 Georgian Letter Qar
Lowercase Code Point "ყ" U+10E7 Georgian Letter Qar
Simple Case Folding "ყ" U+10E7 Georgian Letter Qar
Case Folding "ყ" U+10E7 Georgian Letter Qar
Cased Yes
Changes When Casefolded Yes
Changes When Casemapped Yes
Changes When Lowercased Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "ყ" U+10E7 Georgian Letter Qar
NFKC Simple Casefold "ყ" U+10E7 Georgian Letter Qar
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