U+1D26 "ᴦ" Greek Letter Small Capital Gamma Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1D26 "ᴦ" Greek Letter Small Capital Gamma is a specialized typographic symbol classified in the Phonetic Extensions block, used primarily in phonetic transcription and linguistic notation. It represents a small capital version of the Greek letter gamma, distinct from both the lowercase Greek gamma (γ) and the Latin gamma, and is often employed in the International Phonetic Alphabet or other phonetic systems to denote a voiced velar approximant or similar sound. This character serves scholarly disciplines like phonetics, linguistics, and classical philology, where precise glyph distinctions are necessary for accurate representation of speech sounds and ancient texts.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D26
Version Added 4.0
Name Greek Letter Small Capital Gamma
Block Phonetic Extensions
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᴦ
HTML Hex Encoding ᴦ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xB4 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1D26
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001D26
C/C++/Java Escape \u1d26

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 Greek
Script Extensions Greek
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