U+1CB8 "Ჸ" Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Elifi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1CB8 "Ჸ" Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Elifi is a stylistic uppercase form of the Georgian script letter Elifi, which is part of the extended Mtavruli range used primarily for decorative or ceremonial headings rather than standard text. This character corresponds to the lowercase Mkhedruli letter "ⴸ" (Elifi), and its inclusion in Unicode supports the historic and calligraphic tradition of rendering Georgian in a distinctive majuscule style, often seen in inscriptions, titles, or religious manuscripts. The Mtavruli script, unlike the more common modern alphabet, lacks a true case distinction in everyday usage, making U+1CB8 a specialized glyph that preserves a unique aspect of Georgian typographic heritage.

General Properties

Code Point U+1CB8
Version Added 11.0
Name Georgian Mtavruli Capital Letter Elifi
Block Georgian Extended
General Category Uppercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding Ჸ
HTML Hex Encoding Ჸ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xB2 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1CB8
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001CB8
C/C++/Java Escape \u1cb8

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 "ჸ" U+10F8 Georgian Letter Elifi
Lowercase Code Point "ჸ" U+10F8 Georgian Letter Elifi
Simple Case Folding "ჸ" U+10F8 Georgian Letter Elifi
Case Folding "ჸ" U+10F8 Georgian Letter Elifi
Cased Yes
Changes When Casefolded Yes
Changes When Casemapped Yes
Changes When Lowercased Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "ჸ" U+10F8 Georgian Letter Elifi
NFKC Simple Casefold "ჸ" U+10F8 Georgian Letter Elifi
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