U+01F2 "Dz" Latin Capital Letter D with Small Letter Z Unicode Character
U+01F2 "Dz" Latin Capital Letter D with Small Letter Z is a special typographic ligature or digraph used primarily in certain Latin-based orthographies, such as those for the Gagauz language, to represent a combined sound that is typically produced by the sequence of a "D" followed by a "Z". As part of the Unicode standard's Latin Extended B block, this character functions as a single unit for text processing and display, distinguishing it from the separate characters "D" and "Z" typed individually. Its casing counterpart is the lowercase "dz" (U+01F3), and it can also appear as the titlecase form "Dz", which is used at the beginning of a word in some writing systems where such digraphs are considered distinct letters. This character helps ensure proper alphabetical sorting and linguistic representation in languages that require it.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+01F2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter D with Small Letter Z |
| Block | Latin Extended-B |
| General Category | Titlecase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "D" U+0044 Latin Capital Letter D "z" U+007A Latin Small Letter Z |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Dz |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Dz |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC7 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x01F2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000001F2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u01f2 |