U+1E056 "𞁖" Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter Ie Unicode Character

U+1E056 "𞁖" Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter Ie is a specialized glyph within the Cyrillic script block, designed for use in historical or linguistic contexts where a subscript form of the Cyrillic letter "Ie" (Е) is required. This character represents a small, lowered version of the letter, typically employed in old Slavonic manuscripts or phonetic transcription to indicate a reduced or dependent vowel sound, often appearing beneath the baseline of other characters. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates accurate digital representation of such complex textual features, preserving the detail needed for scholarly analysis of historic texts and precise linguistic notation without relying on font-specific workarounds.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1E056
Version Added	15.0
Name	Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter Ie
Block	Cyrillic Extended-D
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Sub
Decomposition Mapping	"е" U+0435 Cyrillic Small Letter Ie

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	𞁖
HTML Hex Encoding	𞁖
UTF-8 Encoding	0xF0 0x9E 0x81 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD838 0xDC56
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001E056
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud838\udc56

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	"е" U+0435 Cyrillic Small Letter Ie
NFKC Simple Casefold	"е" U+0435 Cyrillic Small Letter Ie
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