U+1D04 "ᴄ" Latin Letter Small Capital C Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1D04 "ᴄ" Latin Letter Small Capital C is a typographic variant of the standard lowercase "c" designed to resemble a small capital letter, meaning it shares the shape and form of a capital C but is sized to fit within the x-height of lowercase letters. This character is primarily used in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent the voiceless palatal fricative sound, which is the "ch" sound in German "ich" or the "h" in English "hue" for some speakers. It can also appear in linguistic transcriptions and phonetic notation in other scholarly contexts, as well as in stylized text or decorative typography where a small capital letterform is desired for visual consistency. While it is not a common character in everyday writing, its inclusion in Unicode ensures proper support for precise phonetic representation across digital platforms.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D04
Version Added 4.0
Name Latin Letter Small Capital C
Block Phonetic Extensions
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᴄ
HTML Hex Encoding ᴄ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xB4 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1D04
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001D04
C/C++/Java Escape \u1d04

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Lowercase Yes
Cased Yes
Script Latin
Script Extensions Latin
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break Lower