U+02B2 "ʲ" Modifier Letter Small J Unicode Character

U+02B2 "ʲ" Modifier Letter Small J is a superscript or small form of the Latin letter J, classified as a modifier letter used primarily in phonetic transcription, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). It represents a secondary palatalization articulation, indicating that a preceding consonant sound is pronounced with the tongue raised toward the hard palate, as in the Slavic palatalized consonants or the English "y" glide influence. This character is typically placed after the modified letter, serving as a diacritic-like mark that helps linguists and language learners accurately represent specific speech sounds across various languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+02B2
Version Added	1.1
Name	Modifier Letter Small J
Block	Spacing Modifier Letters
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Super
Decomposition Mapping	"j" U+006A Latin Small Letter J

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ʲ
HTML Hex Encoding	ʲ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xCA 0xB2
UTF-16 Encoding	0x02B2
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000002B2
C/C++/Java Escape	\u02b2

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Other Lowercase	Yes
Case Ignorable	Yes
Cased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"j" U+006A Latin Small Letter J
NFKC Simple Casefold	"j" U+006A Latin Small Letter J
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Diacritic	Yes
Soft Dotted	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower