U+0216 "Ȗ" Latin Capital Letter U with Inverted Breve Unicode Character
U+0216 "Ȗ" Latin Capital Letter U with Inverted Breve is a diacritical variant of the Latin letter U, featuring an inverted breve mark placed above it which indicates a specific phonetic quality, typically representing a shortened or centralized vowel sound in various transcription systems and orthographies. This character is part of the Latin Extended-B block and is primarily used in linguistic contexts, such as in the transliteration of certain languages or in phonetic notations like the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet, where it helps to distinguish subtle differences in vowel length or tone. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures digital representation and processing for academic writing, digital typography, and language documentation, though it remains a relatively rare character in everyday text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0216 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter U with Inverted Breve |
| Block | Latin Extended-B |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "U" U+0055 Latin Capital Letter U "̑" U+0311 Combining Inverted Breve |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ȗ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ȗ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC8 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0216 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000216 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0216 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ȗ" U+0217 Latin Small Letter U with Inverted Breve |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ȗ" U+0217 Latin Small Letter U with Inverted Breve |
| Simple Case Folding | "ȗ" U+0217 Latin Small Letter U with Inverted Breve |
| Case Folding | "ȗ" U+0217 Latin Small Letter U with Inverted Breve |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ȗ" U+0217 Latin Small Letter U with Inverted Breve |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ȗ" U+0217 Latin Small Letter U with Inverted Breve |
| 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 |