U+1E038 "𞀸" Modifier Letter Cyrillic Small I Unicode Character

U+1E038 "𞀸" Modifier Letter Cyrillic Small I is a combining modifier letter used in certain Cyrillic-based orthographies to modify the pronunciation of a preceding consonant, typically indicating palatalization or a specific phonetic quality similar to the sound of the Cyrillic small letter i. It belongs to the Cyrillic Extended-D block and functions as a diacritical mark in written text, placed after a base character to form a ligature or a distinct phonetic unit. Its presence in the Unicode standard supports the representation of minority languages and historical scripts that require precise phonetic notation beyond standard Cyrillic.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1E038
Version Added	15.0
Name	Modifier Letter Cyrillic Small I
Block	Cyrillic Extended-D
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Super
Decomposition Mapping	"и" U+0438 Cyrillic Small Letter I

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𞀸
HTML Hex Encoding	𞀸
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9E 0x80 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD838 0xDC38
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001E038
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud838\udc38

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Other Lowercase	Yes
Case Ignorable	Yes
Cased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"и" U+0438 Cyrillic Small Letter I
NFKC Simple Casefold	"и" U+0438 Cyrillic Small Letter I
Script	Cyrillic
Script Extensions	Cyrillic
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Diacritic	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower