U+A72E "Ꜯ" Latin Capital Letter Cuatrillo with Comma Unicode Character
U+A72E "Ꜯ" Latin Capital Letter Cuatrillo with Comma is a specialized letter used primarily in historical and linguistic transcriptions of certain Mayan languages, representing a distinct glottalized or ejective sound, specifically a voiceless uvular plosive with a glottal release. It is a majuscule form derived from the numeral "four" (cuatrillo) in Spanish, modified with a trailing comma-like diacritic to indicate its unique phonetic value. This character belongs to a small set of unconventional Latin extensions developed for the standardized writing of indigenous Mesoamerican languages during early missionary and colonial linguistic work, though it remains rare in modern digital typography. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures preservation and accurate representation of these specialized orthographic traditions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A72E |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter Cuatrillo with Comma |
| Block | Latin Extended-D |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ꜯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ꜯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9C 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA72E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A72E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua72e |
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 | Alphabetic |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ꜯ" U+A72F Latin Small Letter Cuatrillo with Comma |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ꜯ" U+A72F Latin Small Letter Cuatrillo with Comma |
| Simple Case Folding | "ꜯ" U+A72F Latin Small Letter Cuatrillo with Comma |
| Case Folding | "ꜯ" U+A72F Latin Small Letter Cuatrillo with Comma |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ꜯ" U+A72F Latin Small Letter Cuatrillo with Comma |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ꜯ" U+A72F Latin Small Letter Cuatrillo with Comma |
| Script | Latin |
| Script Extensions | Latin |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Upper |