U+0253 "ɓ" Latin Small Letter B with Hook Unicode Character

U+0253 "ɓ" Latin Small Letter B with Hook is a distinct letter used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a voiced bilabial implosive consonant, a sound produced by closing the lips and drawing air inward before releasing it. It is also employed in the orthographies of several African languages, such as Fula, Hausa, and some Bantu languages, typically to transcribe a similar implosive sound that contrasts with the regular voiced bilabial stop. The character is formed by adding a hook to the top right of the lowercase Latin letter b.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0253
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Small Letter B with Hook
Unicode 1.0 Name	Latin Small Letter B Hook
Block	IPA Extensions
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ɓ
HTML Hex Encoding	ɓ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xC9 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0253
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000253
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0253

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	"Ɓ" U+0181 Latin Capital Letter B with Hook
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ɓ" U+0181 Latin Capital Letter B with Hook
Uppercase Code Point	"Ɓ" U+0181 Latin Capital Letter B with Hook
Titlecase Code Point	"Ɓ" U+0181 Latin Capital Letter B 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