U+0123 "ģ" Latin Small Letter G with Cedilla Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ģ
U+0123 "ģ" Latin Small Letter G with Cedilla is a specialized letter used primarily in the Latvian alphabet, where it represents a palatalized "g" sound, typically transcribed as /ɟ/ or /gʲ/. It is formed by adding a cedilla diacritic (a small hook) beneath the standard Latin letter "g", distinguishing it in writing from its plain counterpart. This character appears in lowercase and has a corresponding uppercase form, "Ģ" (U+0122), and it is commonly employed in proper nouns and linguistic contexts when writing the Latvian language. Although it is relatively rare in global typography, it holds specific importance for correct Latvian orthography and can be encountered in digital text when using Unicode compliant fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0123 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter G with Cedilla |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Latin Small Letter G Cedilla |
| Block | Latin Extended-A |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "g" U+0067 Latin Small Letter G "̧" U+0327 Combining Cedilla |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ģ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ģ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC4 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0123 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000123 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0123 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Ģ" U+0122 Latin Capital Letter G with Cedilla |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ģ" U+0122 Latin Capital Letter G with Cedilla |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ģ" U+0122 Latin Capital Letter G with Cedilla |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ģ" U+0122 Latin Capital Letter G with Cedilla |
| 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 |