U+02C1 "ˁ" Modifier Letter Reversed Glottal Stop Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+02C1 "ˁ" Modifier Letter Reversed Glottal Stop is a diacritical mark used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a voiced pharyngeal fricative, a sound produced by constricting the pharynx while the vocal cords vibrate. It is also employed in some orthographies for languages such as Arabic or Berber to indicate a pharyngealized or emphatic articulation of a preceding consonant. This character is distinct from the regular glottal stop symbol, as it is reversed and carries a modifying function rather than representing a full consonant on its own. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for accurate digital representation of phonetic transcriptions and linguistic texts that require this specific sound.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+02C1 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Reversed Glottal Stop |
| Block | Spacing Modifier Letters |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ˁ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ˁ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCB 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x02C1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000002C1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u02c1 |