U+0195 "ƕ" Latin Small Letter Hv Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0195 "ƕ" Latin Small Letter Hv is a ligature used primarily in the transcription of Gothic, where it represents the sound equivalent to the English "wh" or the Greek "labial digamma," typically pronounced as a voiceless labial-velar fricative. It is derived from the combination of the Latin letters "h" and "v," and while not commonly seen in modern languages, it holds historical and scholarly importance in linguistic texts and medieval studies.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0195 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter Hv |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Latin Small Letter H V |
| Block | Latin Extended-B |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ƕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ƕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC6 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0195 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000195 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0195 |
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 | "Ƕ" U+01F6 Latin Capital Letter Hwair |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ƕ" U+01F6 Latin Capital Letter Hwair |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ƕ" U+01F6 Latin Capital Letter Hwair |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ƕ" U+01F6 Latin Capital Letter Hwair |
| 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 |