U+02AE "ʮ" Latin Small Letter Turned H with Fishhook Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+02AE "ʮ" Latin Small Letter Turned H with Fishhook is a typographic symbol used primarily in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a voiced labial-palatal approximant, specifically a bilabial trill with a palatal onset, though it is less common and sometimes considered a variant of the letter for a voiced bilabial trill. This character consists of a standard lowercase "h" that is rotated 180 degrees, with a small fishhook or tail attached to its bottom right, distinguishing it from other turned-h letters. It belongs to the phonetic extensions block of Unicode and is employed in specialized linguistic transcriptions to denote sounds found in certain languages, such as the prenasalized trill in some Central African languages. Despite its niche usage, the character ensures precise representation of non-standard speech sounds in digital text.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ʮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ʮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xCA 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x02AE |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000002AE |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u02ae |
Unicode Properties