U+1D2A "ᴪ" Greek Letter Small Capital Psi Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1D2A "ᴪ" Greek Letter Small Capital Psi is a specialized typographic symbol used primarily in phonetic transcription, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) or related linguistic notation. It represents a small capital form of the Greek letter psi, which corresponds to the sound of a voiceless or prenasalized bilabial click, or in some contexts a labialized velar consonant, depending on the specific transcription system. This character is classified in the Unicode block Phonetic Extensions, making it distinct from the regular capital and lowercase Greek psi letters, and its design helps linguists and language scholars precisely denote subtle distinctions in speech sounds without relying on standard alphabetic forms.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D2A
Version Added 4.0
Name Greek Letter Small Capital Psi
Block Phonetic Extensions
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᴪ
HTML Hex Encoding ᴪ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xB4 0xAA
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1D2A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001D2A
C/C++/Java Escape \u1d2a

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