U+026F "ɯ" Latin Small Letter Turned M Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+026F "ɯ" Latin Small Letter Turned M is a phonetic symbol used primarily in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent the close back unrounded vowel sound, which is produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the soft palate without rounding the lips. This character visually resembles a lowercase "m" that has been rotated 180 degrees, and it is distinct from the similar-looking "ш" in Cyrillic or the Greek letter mu. It appears in the orthographies of some natural languages, such as certain dialects of Scottish Gaelic and the Gokana language of Nigeria, as well as in linguistic transcription systems for other languages. In digital contexts, it is encoded as a single Unicode code point under the Latin Extended B block, ensuring consistent representation across text systems.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ɯ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ɯ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xC9 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x026F |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000026F |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u026f |
Unicode Properties