U+10788 "𐞈" Modifier Letter Small Dz Digraph with Retroflex Hook Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐞈

U+10788 "𐞈" Modifier Letter Small Dz Digraph with Retroflex Hook is a specialized phonetic symbol used to indicate a modified pronunciation of the digraph "dz" in certain linguistic contexts, specifically with a retroflex articulation where the tongue tip curls back toward the hard palate. This character belongs to the Latin Extended F block, which contains various letters and modifiers designed for precise transcription in sinology and other scholarly fields, notably for representing sounds in languages like Mandarin Chinese or other dialects that employ retroflex consonants. Its small, superscript form serves as a diacritic-like modifier, often attached to other characters to denote a secondary articulation or finer phonetic distinction without implying a full, independent letter value.

General Properties

Code Point U+10788
Version Added 14.0
Name Modifier Letter Small Dz Digraph with Retroflex Hook
Block Latin Extended-F
General Category Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Super
Decomposition Mapping "ꭦ" U+AB66 Latin Small Letter Dz Digraph with Retroflex Hook

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐞈
HTML Hex Encoding 𐞈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9E 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDF88
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00010788
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udf88

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 "ꭦ" U+AB66 Latin Small Letter Dz Digraph with Retroflex Hook
NFKC Simple Casefold "ꭦ" U+AB66 Latin Small Letter Dz Digraph with Retroflex 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