U+0225 "ȥ" Latin Small Letter Z with Hook Unicode Character

U+0225 "ȥ" Latin Small Letter Z with Hook is a rare Latin letter used primarily in historical or phonetic transcription contexts, where the hook attached to the bottom of the standard lowercase "z" indicates a specific modified pronunciation, such as a voiced alveolar fricative or affricate in certain medieval manuscript traditions. This character appears in a few orthographic systems for older languages, including some Slavic and Baltic languages, though it is not part of any modern standardized alphabet and is most often encountered in linguistic research or when transcribing particular sound shifts. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures it can be represented digitally for scholarly works, despite its limited everyday usage.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0225
Version Added	3.0
Name	Latin Small Letter Z with Hook
Block	Latin Extended-B
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ȥ
HTML Hex Encoding	ȥ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xC8 0xA5
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0225
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000225
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0225

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	"Ȥ" U+0224 Latin Capital Letter Z with Hook
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ȥ" U+0224 Latin Capital Letter Z with Hook
Uppercase Code Point	"Ȥ" U+0224 Latin Capital Letter Z with Hook
Titlecase Code Point	"Ȥ" U+0224 Latin Capital Letter Z with Hook
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