U+2E45 "⹅" Inverted Low Kavyka Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⹅
U+2E45 "⹅" Inverted Low Kavyka is a punctuation mark used primarily in early Church Slavonic and related liturgical texts, where it serves as a type of quotation or citation indicator, often positioned beneath the line of text. Its inverted, low design distinguishes it from the standard kavyka, and it functions to set off direct speech or referenced passages in religious manuscripts. This character belongs to the Supplemental Punctuation block and is encoded for use in specialized historical or linguistic typography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2E45 |
| Version Added | 10.0 |
| Name | Inverted Low Kavyka |
| Block | Supplemental Punctuation |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⹅ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⹅ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB9 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2E45 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002E45 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2e45 |
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 | Break After |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |