U+0299 "ʙ" Latin Letter Small Capital B Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0299 "ʙ" Latin Letter Small Capital B is a typographic symbol used primarily in phonetic transcription, specifically within the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a voiced bilabial trill, a sound produced by vibrating both lips together. Its small capital design distinguishes it visually from the standard lowercase "b", allowing it to fit within phonetic contexts while maintaining a clear, uppercase-like appearance at a reduced size. Though rarer in everyday text, it appears in linguistic documentation and specialized notation for certain African and European languages that feature this trilled consonant.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0299 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Letter Small Capital B |
| Block | IPA Extensions |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ʙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ʙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCA 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0299 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000299 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0299 |