U+2DEF "ⷯ" Combining Cyrillic Letter Ha Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2DEF "ⷯ" Combining Cyrillic Letter Ha is a diacritical mark used in the Cyrillic script to modify the sound of a base letter by adding a component that resembles the shape of the Cyrillic letter Ha (Х, х). This combining character is employed in certain extended Cyrillic alphabets, particularly in liturgical or scholarly transcriptions of Old Church Slavonic and other historical Slavic texts, where it typically indicates a specific phonetic nuance such as aspiration or a velar fricative quality. It stands out among combining marks because it attaches directly above or over the preceding character, integrating visually without altering the base letter's fundamental identity, thereby providing a precise orthographic tool for linguists and text editors.

General Properties

Code Point U+2DEF
Version Added 5.1
Name Combining Cyrillic Letter Ha
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 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2DEF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002DEF
C/C++/Java Escape \u2def

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