U+107AF "𐞯" Modifier Letter Small T with Retroflex Hook Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

𐞯

U+107AF "𐞯" Modifier Letter Small T with Retroflex Hook is a relatively recent addition to the Unicode Standard, belonging to the Latin Extended-F block and designed for phonetic transcription, particularly within the context of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). This character represents a superscript or modifier form of the voiced retroflex stop, often indicated by a small "t" combined with a retroflex hook, and its primary purpose is to denote a modified or secondary articulation of the base sound, such as a retroflex release or onset, without representing a fully independent phoneme. It is used by linguists and language documenters to accurately transcribe subtle phonetic details in the speech of certain languages, including those from the Dravidian or Indo-Aryan families, where retroflex consonants are common. As a modifier letter, its function is to alter or refine the value of a preceding character, allowing for more precise and nuanced representation of spoken language

General Properties

Code Point U+107AF
Version Added 14.0
Name Modifier Letter Small T 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 "ʈ" U+0288 Latin Small Letter T with Retroflex Hook

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𐞯
HTML Hex Encoding 𐞯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x90 0x9E 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD801 0xDFAF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000107AF
C/C++/Java Escape \ud801\udfaf

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 "ʈ" U+0288 Latin Small Letter T with Retroflex Hook
NFKC Simple Casefold "ʈ" U+0288 Latin Small Letter T 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