U+2DE6 "ⷦ" Combining Cyrillic Letter Ka Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2DE6 "ⷦ" Combining Cyrillic Letter Ka is a diacritical mark used in Cyrillic script extensions, specifically for scholarly transcription or liturgical notation, where it modifies a base Cyrillic letter by adding a small superscript form of the Cyrillic letter Ka. This combining character is designed to be placed above or attached to another character to indicate a specific phonetic or historical distinction, particularly in the representation of early Slavic texts or dialects. It belongs to the Cyrillic Extended A block and is not intended for general modern text, but rather for specialized linguistic or paleographic works requiring precise annotation of sound changes or scribal practices.

General Properties

Code Point U+2DE6
Version Added 5.1
Name Combining Cyrillic Letter Ka
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 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2DE6
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002DE6
C/C++/Java Escape \u2de6

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