U+2DF1 "ⷱ" Combining Cyrillic Letter Che Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2DF1 "ⷱ" Combining Cyrillic Letter Che is a diacritical mark used in the extended Cyrillic script to modify a base letter by adding the shape of the Cyrillic letter Che (Ч, ч) as a combining element, typically placed above or attached to the preceding character. This combining form is part of the Cyrillic Extended-A block and is utilized in certain Slavic or non-Slavic languages that employ Cyrillic orthography to represent specific phonetic distinctions, such as palatalization or affricate sounds, without creating a separate standalone letter. It appears in historical or scholarly texts where precise transcription of dialectal or archaic pronunciation is required, functioning as a visual and typographic tool to denote a modified consonant value within a continuous string of text.

General Properties

Code Point U+2DF1
Version Added 5.1
Name Combining Cyrillic Letter Che
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 0xB1
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2DF1
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002DF1
C/C++/Java Escape \u2df1

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