U+1E055 "๐ž•" Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter De Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1E055 "๐ž•" Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter De is a specialized glyph used within the Cyrillic script for phonetic transcription, specifically representing a subscript form of the Cyrillic letter De (ะ”). It belongs to the Cyrillic Extended-D block and is designed to function as a diacritic or combining element beneath another character to indicate a modified pronunciation, often employed in linguistic texts to denote a palatalized or reduced sound. This character is part of a larger set of subscript Cyrillic letters created for scholarly works, such as those documenting Slavic dialects or older Church Slavonic manuscripts, allowing precise notation of subtle phonetic variations that standard superscript or inline characters cannot capture. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across platforms for researchers and linguists working with historical or phonetic orthography.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E055
Version Added 15.0
Name Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter De
Block Cyrillic Extended-D
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Sub
Decomposition Mapping "ะด" U+0434 Cyrillic Small Letter De

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞁕
HTML Hex Encoding 𞁕
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0x81 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD838 0xDC55
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E055
C/C++/Java Escape \ud838\udc55

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 "ะด" U+0434 Cyrillic Small Letter De
NFKC Simple Casefold "ะด" U+0434 Cyrillic Small Letter De
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