U+02B5 "ʵ" Modifier Letter Small Turned R with Hook Unicode Character

U+02B5 "ʵ" Modifier Letter Small Turned R with Hook is a typographic symbol used in phonetic transcription, specifically within the International Phonetic Alphabet and related extensions, to represent a modified or retroflex r sound. This character, which resembles a small, rotated lowercase "r" with a hook on its right side, serves as a diacritic or independent letter to indicate a distinct articulation often involving a curled or turned tongue position. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital encoding and text rendering for linguistic research, language documentation, and specialized writing systems that require precise representation of speech sounds.

General Properties

Code Point	U+02B5
Version Added	1.1
Name	Modifier Letter Small Turned R with Hook
Unicode 1.0 Name	Modifier Letter Small Turned R Hook
Block	Spacing Modifier Letters
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Super
Decomposition Mapping	"ɻ" U+027B Latin Small Letter Turned R with Hook

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ʵ
HTML Hex Encoding	ʵ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xCA 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding	0x02B5
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000002B5
C/C++/Java Escape	\u02b5

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	"ɻ" U+027B Latin Small Letter Turned R with Hook
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ɻ" U+027B Latin Small Letter Turned R with Hook
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Diacritic	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower