U+1E051 "𞁑" Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter A Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𞁑

U+1E051 "𞁑" Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter A is a specialized typographic symbol used within the Cyrillic script system, representing a small, subscript form of the Cyrillic letter "a" that is designed to appear below the baseline of text. This character was introduced as part of the Unicode Standard to support scholarly and historical notations, particularly in linguistic or paleographic contexts where subscript letters indicate phonetic modifications, reduced vowels, or specific diacritic-like functions in ancient or transcribed Cyrillic manuscripts. Unlike regular superscript or standard characters, this subscript "a" allows for precise textual representation without altering the line spacing or requiring complex formatting, making it valuable for accurate digital encoding of early Slavic writings and comparative linguistic studies.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E051
Version Added 15.0
Name Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter A
Block Cyrillic Extended-D
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Sub
Decomposition Mapping "а" U+0430 Cyrillic Small Letter A

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞁑
HTML Hex Encoding 𞁑
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0x81 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD838 0xDC51
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E051
C/C++/Java Escape \ud838\udc51

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 "а" U+0430 Cyrillic Small Letter A
NFKC Simple Casefold "а" U+0430 Cyrillic Small Letter A
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