U+0288 "ʈ" Latin Small Letter T with Retroflex Hook Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0288 "ʈ" Latin Small Letter T with Retroflex Hook is a phonetic symbol used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a voiceless retroflex plosive, a consonant sound produced by curling the tip of the tongue back against the hard palate. It is distinct from the standard "t" and is utilized in the transcription of languages such as Hindi, Swedish, and many Indigenous Australian languages where this retroflex articulation is phonemic. The character is formed by adding a retroflex hook to the base Latin letter t, visually distinguishing it from other dental or alveolar stops. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation across linguistic, academic, and computational contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0288 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter T with Retroflex Hook |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Latin Small Letter T Retroflex Hook |
| Block | IPA Extensions |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ʈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ʈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCA 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0288 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000288 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0288 |
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 | "Ʈ" U+01AE Latin Capital Letter T with Retroflex Hook |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ʈ" U+01AE Latin Capital Letter T with Retroflex Hook |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ʈ" U+01AE Latin Capital Letter T with Retroflex Hook |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ʈ" U+01AE Latin Capital Letter T with Retroflex 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 |