U+1E016 "𞀖" Combining Glagolitic Letter Uku Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𞀖
U+1E016 "𞀖" Combining Glagolitic Letter Uku is a combining diacritical mark used in the Glagolitic script, one of the oldest known Slavic alphabets, to modify a preceding base character by adding the sound value of the letter Uku. This character belongs to the Glagolitic Supplement block and was introduced to support the accurate representation of medieval Slavic texts, where it allows for the combination of letters to form complex graphemes or phonetic nuances not covered by standalone characters. Its use is primarily historical and liturgical, aiding scholars in the precise reconstruction and digital encoding of manuscripts written in the Glagolitic alphabet.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E016 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Combining Glagolitic Letter Uku |
| 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 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD838 0xDC16 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001E016 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud838\udc16 |