U+0077 "w" Latin Small Letter W Unicode Character

U+0077 "w" Latin Small Letter W is a fundamental component of the Latin alphabet, representing the twenty-third letter in the English alphabet. It is encoded in the Basic Latin block, also known as ASCII, and is used in the written forms of numerous languages including English, Welsh, and Dutch. In terms of typography, this character typically appears as a digraph of two rounded strokes, creating its distinctive double-u shape. Its primary function is to denote a consonant sound, such as the voiced labiovelar approximant in most English words, though it can also act as a vowel in certain Welsh contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0077
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Small Letter W
Block	Basic Latin
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	w
HTML Hex Encoding	w
UTF-8 Encoding	0x77
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0077
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000077
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0077

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
East Asian Width	Narrow
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"W" U+0057 Latin Capital Letter W
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"W" U+0057 Latin Capital Letter W
Uppercase Code Point	"W" U+0057 Latin Capital Letter W
Titlecase Code Point	"W" U+0057 Latin Capital Letter W
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
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	Lower