U+A64F "ꙏ" Cyrillic Small Letter Neutral Yer Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+A64F "ꙏ" Cyrillic Small Letter Neutral Yer is a rare and archaic glyph used in historical Cyrillic manuscripts, specifically designed to represent a reduced vowel sound that was intermediate between the hard sign (ъ) and the soft sign (ь) in certain Slavic dialects or orthographic systems. This character, part of the Cyrillic Extended-B block, was employed primarily to indicate a weakened or neutral yer vowel during periods of linguistic transition, and it appears in early printed texts and annotated glossaries rather than in modern standard alphabets. Its usage reflects attempts to precisely encode phonetic nuances that have since become obsolete, making it a subject of interest for paleographers and historical linguists studying the evolution of Slavic writing systems.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ꙏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ꙏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEA 0x99 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xA64F |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000A64F |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ua64f |
Unicode Properties