U+0193 "Ɠ" Latin Capital Letter G with Hook Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0193 "Ɠ" Latin Capital Letter G with Hook is a distinctive letter used primarily in the African reference alphabet, most notably in languages such as Gbaya and Zarma, where it represents a voiced velar implosive consonant. Its form is a standard Latin capital G with a hook or tail extending from the bottom right side, visually distinguishing it from the regular G. This character is not commonly seen in everyday typing but is essential for accurate orthography in certain West African languages, ensuring proper phonetic representation in written texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0193 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter G with Hook |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Latin Capital Letter G Hook |
| Block | Latin Extended-B |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ɠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ɠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC6 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0193 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000193 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0193 |
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 |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ɠ" U+0260 Latin Small Letter G with Hook |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ɠ" U+0260 Latin Small Letter G with Hook |
| Simple Case Folding | "ɠ" U+0260 Latin Small Letter G with Hook |
| Case Folding | "ɠ" U+0260 Latin Small Letter G with Hook |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ɠ" U+0260 Latin Small Letter G with Hook |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ɠ" U+0260 Latin Small Letter G with Hook |
| 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 | Upper |