U+2DE1 "ⷡ" Combining Cyrillic Letter Ve Unicode Character

U+2DE1 "ⷡ" Combining Cyrillic Letter Ve is a diacritical mark used in the Cyrillic script, specifically designed to be placed above or attached to a base character to alter its pronunciation. This combining character originates from the Cyrillic Extended-A block and represents a modified form of the Cyrillic letter Ve, which itself corresponds to the Latin "V" sound. It is typically employed in scholarly or liturgical contexts for the transcription of ancient Slavic texts, where it may indicate a palatalized or otherwise modified consonant, helping to preserve precise phonetic details in linguistic research. The character is not intended for standalone use and relies on a preceding base letter to form a complete glyph in supported text environments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2DE1
Version Added	5.1
Name	Combining Cyrillic Letter Ve
Block	Cyrillic Extended-A
General Category	Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class	Above
Bidirectional Class	Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⷡ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⷡ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB7 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2DE1
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002DE1
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2de1

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Joining Type	Transparent
Line Break	Combining Mark
Case Ignorable	Yes
Script	Cyrillic
Script Extensions	Cyrillic
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Indic Conjunct Break	Extend
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Other Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Extend	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Extend
Word Break	Extend
Sentence Break	Extend