U+1D42 "ᵂ" Modifier Letter Capital W Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᵂ
U+1D42 "ᵂ" Modifier Letter Capital W is a superscript or modifier form of the uppercase Latin letter W, officially categorized as a modifier letter used in phonetic or orthographic contexts. It functions as a diacritical or tone marker within the International Phonetic Alphabet or similar transcription systems, where it modifies a preceding character to indicate a specific phonetic quality, such as labialization or a w-like offglide. This character belongs to the Phonetic Extensions block and is distinct from a standard W due to its smaller size and raised position, allowing it to be integrated into linguistic notation without disrupting the baseline of text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D42 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Capital W |
| Block | Phonetic Extensions |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Super |
| Decomposition Mapping | "W" U+0057 Latin Capital Letter W |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᵂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᵂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB5 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1D42 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001D42 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1d42 |
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 | "w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W |
| 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 |