U+028B "ʋ" Latin Small Letter V with Hook Unicode Character

U+028B "ʋ" Latin Small Letter V with Hook is a typographic symbol used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a labiodental approximant, a speech sound produced by bringing the lower lip close to the upper teeth without creating friction, as heard in the Dutch "w" or the Indian English pronunciation of "v". Its distinctive hook on the right side of the letter differentiates it from the standard Latin "v" and the similar "upsilon" shape, aiding phoneticians in precise transcription. This character also appears in some African orthographies to denote a bilabial implosive, demonstrating its versatility across linguistic systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+028B
Version Added	1.1
Name	Latin Small Letter V with Hook
Unicode 1.0 Name	Latin Small Letter Script V
Block	IPA Extensions
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ʋ
HTML Hex Encoding	ʋ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xCA 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding	0x028B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000028B
C/C++/Java Escape	\u028b

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	"Ʋ" U+01B2 Latin Capital Letter V with Hook
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ʋ" U+01B2 Latin Capital Letter V with Hook
Uppercase Code Point	"Ʋ" U+01B2 Latin Capital Letter V with Hook
Titlecase Code Point	"Ʋ" U+01B2 Latin Capital Letter V 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