U+0237 "ȷ" Latin Small Letter Dotless J Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

ȷ

U+0237 "ȷ" Latin Small Letter Dotless J is a typographic variant of the standard Latin 'j' that omits the dot, primarily used in certain language orthographies and phonetic transcription systems to represent a specific sound or to avoid confusion with diacritical marks. It appears in languages such as Turkish and Azerbaijani for the letter j, and is also utilized in the International Phonetic Alphabet to denote a voiced palatal approximant or fricative, often replacing the typical dotted j in contexts where a diacritic, like a breve or caron, would otherwise obscure the dot. Additionally, this character finds a place in mathematical notation and specialized romanization systems, offering a clear and distinct glyph for precise written or printed communication.

General Properties

Code Point U+0237
Version Added 4.1
Name Latin Small Letter Dotless J
Block Latin Extended-B
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ȷ
HTML Hex Encoding ȷ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xC8 0xB7
UTF-16 Encoding 0x0237
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00000237
C/C++/Java Escape \u0237

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
Cased 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