U+2C1A "Ⱊ" Glagolitic Capital Letter Pe Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+2C1A "Ⱊ" Glagolitic Capital Letter Pe is the uppercase form of a letter in the Glagolitic script, an early Slavic alphabet devised by Saint Cyril in the 9th century to translate Christian texts into Old Church Slavonic. This particular letter represents the sound "p" and has a distinct, rounded shape that emphasizes its divine and ritualistic origins in liturgical manuscripts. As a capital letter, it is primarily used in historical or academic contexts to render proper nouns and the beginning of sentences in reconstructed Glagolitic texts, reflecting the script’s role as a predecessor to the more widespread Cyrillic alphabet. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that scholars and digital typographers can preserve and study this important part of Slavic cultural and linguistic heritage.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
Ⱊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
Ⱊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE2 0xB0 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x2C1A |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00002C1A |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u2c1a |
Unicode Properties