U+10475 "𐑵" Shavian Letter Ooze Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐑵
U+10475 "𐑵" Shavian Letter Ooze is a symbol from the Shavian alphabet, a phonetic writing system created to simplify and accurately represent English pronunciation. This specific letter corresponds to the vowel sound ʊ, as heard in words like "good" or "foot," and its name "Ooze" reflects that pronunciation. Designed to appear flowing and calligraphic, the Shavian script was commissioned by playwright George Bernard Shaw, who advocated for spelling reform. In the Shavian alphabet, each character stands for a distinct phoneme, making "𐑵" a direct, unambiguous representation of the short "u" sound that is often written with different letters or digraphs in standard English orthography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10475 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Shavian Letter Ooze |
| Block | Shavian |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐑵 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐑵 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x91 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDC75 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010475 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udc75 |