U+2DF3 "ⷳ" Combining Cyrillic Letter Shcha Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+2DF3 "ⷳ" Combining Cyrillic Letter Shcha is a diacritical mark used in the extended Cyrillic script to modify the pronunciation of a base character, typically representing the sound of the Cyrillic letter Shcha (Щ or щ) in a combining form. It belongs to the Combining Cyrillic Supplement block and is designed to be placed over or attached to another letter, often in historical or phonetic transcriptions for Slavic languages and liturgical texts. Its purpose is to indicate a palatalized or affricate sound similar to the English "shch" combination, without standing alone as an independent character.
General Properties
Code Point
U+2DF3
Name
Combining Cyrillic Letter Shcha
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ⷳ
HTML Hex Encoding
ⷳ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xB7 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2DF3
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002DF3
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2df3
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Cyrillic