U+0175 "ŵ" Latin Small Letter W with Circumflex Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0175 "ŵ" Latin Small Letter W with Circumflex is a specialized letter used primarily in the Welsh language, where it represents a long, stressed vowel sound that can also carry a semivocalic quality, often appearing in words like "dŵr" meaning water. It is formed by combining the base Latin letter W with a circumflex diacritic, which marks a lengthened or otherwise distinct pronunciation, and it is part of the Latin Extended-A block in Unicode, ensuring its correct display in digital text for Welsh orthography and related linguistic contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0175 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter W with Circumflex |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Latin Small Letter W Circumflex |
| Block | Latin Extended-A |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W "̂" U+0302 Combining Circumflex Accent |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ŵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ŵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC5 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0175 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000175 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0175 |
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 | "Ŵ" U+0174 Latin Capital Letter W with Circumflex |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ŵ" U+0174 Latin Capital Letter W with Circumflex |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ŵ" U+0174 Latin Capital Letter W with Circumflex |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ŵ" U+0174 Latin Capital Letter W with Circumflex |
| 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 |