U+01B2 "Ʋ" Latin Capital Letter V with Hook Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+01B2 "Ʋ" Latin Capital Letter V with Hook is a distinct letter used in several African languages, including Ewe, Gen, and Kabiye, where it represents a voiced labiodental approximant sound, similar to a 'v' pronounced with the upper teeth on the lower lip. This character is part of the Latin Extended-B block and is visually formed by adding a small hook or tail at the top right of a standard capital V. Its lowercase counterpart is U+0289 "ʋ", and the letter plays a crucial role in accurately writing and preserving the phonetic diversity of the languages that employ it.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+01B2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter V with Hook |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Latin Capital Letter Script V |
| Block | Latin Extended-B |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ʋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ʋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC6 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x01B2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000001B2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u01b2 |
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 | "ʋ" U+028B Latin Small Letter V with Hook |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ʋ" U+028B Latin Small Letter V with Hook |
| Simple Case Folding | "ʋ" U+028B Latin Small Letter V with Hook |
| Case Folding | "ʋ" U+028B Latin Small Letter V with Hook |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ʋ" U+028B Latin Small Letter V with Hook |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ʋ" U+028B Latin Small Letter V 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 |