U+0280 "ʀ" Latin Letter Small Capital R Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0280 "ʀ" Latin Letter Small Capital R is a typographic representation of the letter R in a small capitals form, specifically encoded for use in phonetic transcription systems such as the International Phonetic Alphabet where it denotes a voiced uvular trill, a sound produced by vibrating the uvula against the back of the tongue found in languages like French and German. It is distinct from the standard lowercase or capital R in both shape and linguistic function, serving as a precise symbol in phonetics to differentiate this uvular sound from other rhotic consonants.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0280 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Letter Small Capital R |
| Block | IPA Extensions |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ʀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ʀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCA 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0280 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000280 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0280 |
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 | "Ʀ" U+01A6 Latin Letter Yr |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ʀ" U+01A6 Latin Letter Yr |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ʀ" U+01A6 Latin Letter Yr |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ʀ" U+01A6 Latin Letter Yr |
| 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 |