U+1E05C "๐žœ" Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter O Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+1E05C "๐žœ" Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter O is a rarely used typographic symbol belonging to the Cyrillic Extended D block, designed to represent a subscript form of the Cyrillic small letter o for specialized phonetic or linguistic notation. It was added to the Unicode standard as part of version 15.0 in 2022 to support scholarly transcription of historical or dialectal texts where subscript characters indicate reduced vowels or specific sound qualities. Unlike common superscript or modifier letters, this character is intended for use within a continuous text line to modify a preceding or following base letter without altering its vertical alignment. Its inclusion reflects ongoing efforts to encode historical and technical writing systems for digital preservation, though its practical application remains limited to niche philological or academic contexts.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E05C
Version Added 15.0
Name Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter O
Block Cyrillic Extended-D
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Sub
Decomposition Mapping "ะพ" U+043E Cyrillic Small Letter O

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞁜
HTML Hex Encoding 𞁜
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0x81 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD838 0xDC5C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E05C
C/C++/Java Escape \ud838\udc5c

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 "ะพ" U+043E Cyrillic Small Letter O
NFKC Simple Casefold "ะพ" U+043E Cyrillic Small Letter O
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