U+1E009 "𞀉" Combining Glagolitic Letter Izhe Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𞀉

U+1E009 "𞀉" Combining Glagolitic Letter Izhe is a specific diacritical mark used in the Glagolitic script, an ancient Slavic writing system invented in the 9th century by Saints Cyril and Methodius. This character is classified as a combining mark, meaning it is designed to be placed above or attached to a base Glagolitic letter to modify its pronunciation or indicate a specific phonetic value, particularly for the vowel sound "i". It belongs to the Glagolitic Supplement block of Unicode, which was added to support scholarly and liturgical texts that require precise representation of the script's full repertoire, including historical variants and diacritics. The inclusion of such combining characters ensures accurate digital preservation and rendering of Old Church Slavonic manuscripts where the Glagolitic alphabet was originally used.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E009
Version Added 9.0
Name Combining Glagolitic Letter Izhe
Block Glagolitic Supplement
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Above
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞀉
HTML Hex Encoding 𞀉
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0x80 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD838 0xDC09
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E009
C/C++/Java Escape \ud838\udc09

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Glagolitic
Script Extensions Glagolitic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend