U+02E0 "ˠ" Modifier Letter Small Gamma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+02E0 "ˠ" Modifier Letter Small Gamma is a superscript or raised form of the Greek letter gamma, used primarily in the International Phonetic Alphabet to indicate velarization or a secondary velar articulation. It appears as a small, raised gamma symbol and is commonly placed after a consonant, such as in the transcription of the dark L sound in English, to show that the back of the tongue is raised toward the velum during production. This modifier letter helps linguists and phoneticians specify subtle articulatory details in spoken language, making it a valuable tool for precise transcription in phonology and speech science.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+02E0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Small Gamma |
| Block | Spacing Modifier Letters |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Super |
| Decomposition Mapping | "ɣ" U+0263 Latin Small Letter Gamma |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ˠ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ˠ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCB 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x02E0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000002E0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u02e0 |
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 | "ɣ" U+0263 Latin Small Letter Gamma |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ɣ" U+0263 Latin Small Letter Gamma |
| 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 |