U+1E063 "𞁣" Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter Che Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𞁣

U+1E063 "𞁣" Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter Che is a specialized typographic symbol within the Cyrillic script block, representing a subscript form of the Cyrillic small letter "che" (ч). It was encoded in Unicode version 15.0 in 2022 as part of a set of subscript characters designed for phonetic transcription, linguistic notation, or textual annotation where a smaller, lowered version of the letter is needed to denote secondary articulation or morphological features. Unlike standard superscript or subscript numbers, this character maintains the distinct shape of the Cyrillic "che" while being graphically reduced and positioned below the baseline, allowing it to function as a diacritic-like element in scholarly or technical texts. Its inclusion supports the precise representation of certain Slavic and non-Slavic languages in digital environments, particularly in the fields of philology and historical linguistics.

General Properties

Code Point U+1E063
Version Added 15.0
Name Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter Che
Block Cyrillic Extended-D
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Sub
Decomposition Mapping "ч" U+0447 Cyrillic Small Letter Che

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞁣
HTML Hex Encoding 𞁣
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0x81 0xA3
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD838 0xDC63
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E063
C/C++/Java Escape \ud838\udc63

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 "ч" U+0447 Cyrillic Small Letter Che
NFKC Simple Casefold "ч" U+0447 Cyrillic Small Letter Che
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