U+2E47 "⹇" Low Kavyka Unicode Character

U+2E47 "⹇" Low Kavyka is a punctuation mark used primarily in early Cyrillic and Church Slavonic manuscripts, functioning as a type of low-posed comma or short stop that indicates a minor pause or grammatical break, often appearing below the baseline of text. It is part of the Supplemental Punctuation block and was historically employed in liturgical and scribal contexts to denote a lighter or secondary division within a sentence, distinguishing it from other marks like the high kavyka or regular comma. Its specific usage reflects the nuanced punctuation systems of pre-modern Slavic writings, where it helped clarify reading and chanting patterns without the rigidity of modern punctuation rules.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2E47
Version Added	10.0
Name	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 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2E47
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002E47
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2e47

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