U+0188 "ƈ" Latin Small Letter C with Hook Unicode Character

U+0188 "ƈ" Latin Small Letter C with Hook is a modified letter from the Latin script, specifically a lowercase C with a hook attached to its upper right side, and it serves primarily as a phonetic symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet where it represents a voiceless palatal implosive sound. This character also appears in the orthographies of certain African languages, such as some dialects of the Mande language family, where it denotes a distinct consonant sound not covered by the standard Latin letter C. Its uppercase counterpart is U+0187 "Ƈ", and the character is typically used in linguistic transcription to ensure accurate representation of specific speech sounds.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0188
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Small Letter C with Hook
Unicode 1.0 Name	Latin Small Letter C Hook
Block	Latin Extended-B
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ƈ
HTML Hex Encoding	ƈ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xC6 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0188
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000188
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0188

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
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ƈ" U+0187 Latin Capital Letter C with Hook
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ƈ" U+0187 Latin Capital Letter C with Hook
Uppercase Code Point	"Ƈ" U+0187 Latin Capital Letter C with Hook
Titlecase Code Point	"Ƈ" U+0187 Latin Capital Letter C with Hook
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