U+1E068 "𞁨" Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𞁨

U+1E068 "𞁨" Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I is a rare and specialized glyph designed for phonetic transcription within Cyrillic script linguistics, specifically representing a subscript form of the Cyrillic letter "І" used in Byelorussian and Ukrainian contexts. Its primary purpose is to indicate a reduced or non-syllabic pronunciation of the vowel sound in historical or dialectal phonetic notation, often appearing below the baseline to modify the preceding character. This character belongs to the Cyrillic Extended-D block, encoding a niche but important distinction for scholars documenting subtle phonetic variations in Slavic languages. As a subscript letter, it is not intended for general text but for precise academic or orthographic work where conventional superscript or full-size letters would be unsuitable. Its inclusion in Unicode reflects a commitment to preserving and supporting the detailed needs of linguistic research and minority language documentati

General Properties

Code Point U+1E068
Version Added 15.0
Name Cyrillic Subscript Small Letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I
Block Cyrillic Extended-D
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Sub
Decomposition Mapping "і" U+0456 Cyrillic Small Letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𞁨
HTML Hex Encoding 𞁨
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x9E 0x81 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD838 0xDC68
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0001E068
C/C++/Java Escape \ud838\udc68

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 "і" U+0456 Cyrillic Small Letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I
NFKC Simple Casefold "і" U+0456 Cyrillic Small Letter Byelorussian-Ukrainian I
Script Cyrillic
Script Extensions Cyrillic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Soft Dotted Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break Lower