U+2C30 "ⰰ" Glagolitic Small Letter Azu Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+2C30 "ⰰ" Glagolitic Small Letter Azu is the lowercase form of the first letter in the Glagolitic alphabet, an ancient script created in the 9th century by Saint Cyril (or possibly Saint Methodius) for writing Old Church Slavonic. Representing the sound /a/, this letter holds the numeric value of 1 in the Glagolitic numeral system, reflecting its foundational role as the alphabet's beginning. As part of the Glagolitic block in Unicode, "ⰰ" is used in scholarly and liturgical contexts to preserve early Slavic texts, where it often appears in manuscripts such as the Codex Zographensis and the Kiev Missal. Its distinctive, circular design with a central dot distinguishes it from similar-looking letters in other alphabets, making it a key element in the study of early Slavic linguistic and cultural heritage.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ⰰ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ⰰ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE2 0xB0 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x2C30 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00002C30 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u2c30 |
Unicode Properties