U+1D1C "ᴜ" Latin Letter Small Capital U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᴜ
U+1D1C "ᴜ" Latin Letter Small Capital U is a typographic variant of the letter U, designed as a small capital form that is commonly used in phonetic transcription, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a near-close near-back rounded vowel. It belongs to the Phonetic Extensions block of Unicode, where it serves as a distinct glyph for linguistic notation, distinguishing it from the standard lowercase "u" by its capital-like shape at a smaller size. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and display across platforms for phoneticians, linguists, and scholars who require precise alphabetic symbols for speech sounds.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D1C |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Latin Letter Small Capital U |
| Block | Phonetic Extensions |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᴜ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᴜ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB4 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1D1C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001D1C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1d1c |