U+1E065 "𞁥" Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter Hard Sign Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𞁥

U+1E065 "𞁥" Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter Hard Sign is a specialized typographic glyph used primarily in historical or linguistic notations to represent a subscript form of the Cyrillic hard sign (ъ), which in standard Cyrillic script indicates a hard, nonpalatalized consonant. Unlike the regular hard sign, this subscript variant is designed to be positioned below the baseline, often appearing in phonetic transcriptions, medieval manuscript studies, or liturgical texts where precise articulation or grammatical context demands a smaller, minimally intrusive marker. It belongs to the Cyrillic Extended-D block, a relatively recent addition to Unicode standardized in version 14.0 in 2021 to support a broader range of scholarly and historical needs. This character helps scholars and digital typographers accurately reproduce or analyze old Cyrillic writing systems, as its subscript placement avoids disrupting the visual flow of surrounding text while preserving essential phonological infor

General Properties

Code Point U+1E065
Version Added 15.0
Name Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter Hard Sign
Block Cyrillic Extended-D
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Sub
Decomposition Mapping "ъ" U+044A Cyrillic Small Letter Hard Sign

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞁥
HTML Hex Encoding 𞁥
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0x81 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD838 0xDC65
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E065
C/C++/Java Escape \ud838\udc65

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 "ъ" U+044A Cyrillic Small Letter Hard Sign
NFKC Simple Casefold "ъ" U+044A Cyrillic Small Letter Hard Sign
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