U+2D09 "ⴉ" Georgian Small Letter Kan Unicode Character

U+2D09 "ⴉ" Georgian Small Letter Kan is part of the Georgian Extended block, representing a lowercase form of the letter Kan in the Asomtavruli script, an ancient Georgian alphabet historically used for monumental inscriptions. This specific character is categorized as a lowercase letter and is generally intended for the Mxedruli writing system's capitalization needs, though it is rarely used in modern standard Georgian text. It maintains a unique, angular visual shape distinct from its uppercase counterpart, U+10B9, and serves primarily scholarly or historical typographic purposes.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2D09
Version Added	4.1
Name	Georgian Small Letter Kan
Block	Georgian Supplement
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⴉ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⴉ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB4 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2D09
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002D09
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2d09

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	"Ⴉ" U+10A9 Georgian Capital Letter Kan
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⴉ" U+10A9 Georgian Capital Letter Kan
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⴉ" U+10A9 Georgian Capital Letter Kan
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⴉ" U+10A9 Georgian Capital Letter Kan
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Georgian
Script Extensions	Georgian
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