U+0260 "ɠ" Latin Small Letter G with Hook Unicode Character

U+0260 "ɠ" Latin Small Letter G with Hook is a phonetic symbol used primarily in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent the voiced velar implosive, a consonant sound produced by lowering the larynx while creating a closure at the back of the mouth, resulting in an ingressive airflow. This character resembles a lowercase g with an added hook extending from the top of the letter, distinguishing it from the standard g. It appears in the orthographies of certain African languages, such as Hausa and Ewe, where it represents a distinct phoneme, and it also finds use in linguistic transcription to mark implosive sounds in various world languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0260
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Small Letter G with Hook
Unicode 1.0 Name	Latin Small Letter G Hook
Block	IPA Extensions
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ɠ
HTML Hex Encoding	ɠ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xC9 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0260
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000260
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0260

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	"Ɠ" U+0193 Latin Capital Letter G with Hook
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ɠ" U+0193 Latin Capital Letter G with Hook
Uppercase Code Point	"Ɠ" U+0193 Latin Capital Letter G with Hook
Titlecase Code Point	"Ɠ" U+0193 Latin Capital Letter G 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