U+10785 "𐞅" Modifier Letter Small B with Hook Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐞅

U+10785 "𐞅" Modifier Letter Small B with Hook is a specialized diacritical mark used in phonetic transcription, particularly within the extended IPA and other linguistic notation systems to represent a modified or retroflexed 'b' sound, distinguished by a hook attached to the base of the letter. This character belongs to the Latin Extended Additional block and serves as a modifier letter, meaning it is intended to alter the pronunciation of the preceding or following character without standing alone as a separate consonant. It is part of a set of small capital and modified letters that allow linguists to denote precise articulatory details, such as implosive or labialized variations, that are not covered by standard Latin letters. The glyph itself combines a small Latin b with a hooked tail, visually indicating the specific phonetic feature it represents, and it is encoded at U+10785 to ensure consistent representation across digital text.

General Properties

Code Point U+10785
Version Added 14.0
Name Modifier Letter Small B with Hook
Block Latin Extended-F
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Super
Decomposition Mapping "ɓ" U+0253 Latin Small Letter B with Hook

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐞅
HTML Hex Encoding 𐞅
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9E 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF85
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010785
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf85

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 "ɓ" U+0253 Latin Small Letter B with Hook
NFKC Simple Casefold "ɓ" U+0253 Latin Small Letter B 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