U+0215 "ȕ" Latin Small Letter U with Double Grave Unicode Character

U+0215 "ȕ" Latin Small Letter U with Double Grave is a specialized Latin character used primarily in phonetic transcription, particularly within the system of the International Phonetic Alphabet, as well as in some linguistic contexts for certain languages like Slovenian to denote a specific tone or accentual pattern. It consists of the standard lowercase letter "u" combined with two grave accents stacked vertically above it, distinguishing it from the single-grave "ù" and indicating a double grave intonation, often associated with a falling or extra-low pitch contour.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0215
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Small Letter U with Double Grave
Block	Latin Extended-B
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Canonical
Decomposition Mapping	"u" U+0075 Latin Small Letter U "̏" U+030F Combining Double Grave Accent

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ȕ
HTML Hex Encoding	ȕ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xC8 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0215
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000215
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0215

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ȕ" U+0214 Latin Capital Letter U with Double Grave
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ȕ" U+0214 Latin Capital Letter U with Double Grave
Uppercase Code Point	"Ȕ" U+0214 Latin Capital Letter U with Double Grave
Titlecase Code Point	"Ȕ" U+0214 Latin Capital Letter U with Double Grave
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