U+018C "ƌ" Latin Small Letter D with Topbar Unicode Character

U+018C "ƌ" Latin Small Letter D with Topbar is a modified Latin letter that features a horizontal bar extending from the top of the standard lowercase d and is primarily used in linguistic transcription systems, particularly within African language orthographies. This character serves as a distinct phonetic symbol, often representing a voiced dental or alveolar implosive sound in languages such as Shona or other Bantu languages. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures proper digital representation and text processing for specialized scholarly and orthographic contexts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+018C
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Small Letter D with Topbar
Unicode 1.0 Name	Latin Small Letter D Topbar
Block	Latin Extended-B
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ƌ
HTML Hex Encoding	ƌ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xC6 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding	0x018C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000018C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u018c

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	"Ƌ" U+018B Latin Capital Letter D with Topbar
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ƌ" U+018B Latin Capital Letter D with Topbar
Uppercase Code Point	"Ƌ" U+018B Latin Capital Letter D with Topbar
Titlecase Code Point	"Ƌ" U+018B Latin Capital Letter D with Topbar
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