U+2C43 "ⱃ" Glagolitic Small Letter Ritsi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2C43 "ⱃ" Glagolitic Small Letter Ritsi is a lowercase letter from the Glagolitic script, one of the oldest known Slavic alphabets, traditionally attributed to Saint Cyril in the 9th century. This character represents the sound /r/ and is the small counterpart to the uppercase Glagolitic letter Ritsi, which corresponds to a specific position in the archaic alphabet's sequence. As part of the Glagolitic block in Unicode, it supports the representation of historical texts and liturgical writings from the Old Church Slavonic tradition, particularly in manuscripts and inscriptions where the script was used before the widespread adoption of Cyrillic. Its design features a distinct, angular shape typical of the Glagolitic script, and it remains a key component for scholars and linguists involved in the study of early Slavic language and paleography.

General Properties

Code Point U+2C43
Version Added 4.1
Name Glagolitic Small Letter Ritsi
Block Glagolitic
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⱃ
HTML Hex Encoding ⱃ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xB1 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2C43
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002C43
C/C++/Java Escape \u2c43

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Lowercase Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point "Ⱃ" U+2C13 Glagolitic Capital Letter Ritsi
Simple Titlecase Code Point "Ⱃ" U+2C13 Glagolitic Capital Letter Ritsi
Uppercase Code Point "Ⱃ" U+2C13 Glagolitic Capital Letter Ritsi
Titlecase Code Point "Ⱃ" U+2C13 Glagolitic Capital Letter Ritsi
Cased Yes
Changes When Casemapped Yes
Changes When Titlecased Yes
Changes When Uppercased Yes
Script Glagolitic
Script Extensions Glagolitic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break Lower