U+1D4D "ᵍ" Modifier Letter Small G Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᵍ
U+1D4D "ᵍ" Modifier Letter Small G is a typographic symbol classified as a modifier letter, specifically a superscript or small capital G variant used in phonetic transcription systems. It primarily appears in the International Phonetic Alphabet and other linguistic notation to denote modified pronunciations, such as a voiced velar fricative or to indicate a glide or secondary articulation in certain languages. This character belongs to the Phonetic Extensions block of Unicode, where it supports precise representation of speech sounds in written form, enabling linguists and language learners to capture subtle phonetic distinctions not conveyed by standard letters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D4D |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Small G |
| Block | Phonetic Extensions |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Super |
| Decomposition Mapping | "g" U+0067 Latin Small Letter G |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᵍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᵍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB5 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1D4D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001D4D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1d4d |
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 | "g" U+0067 Latin Small Letter G |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "g" U+0067 Latin Small Letter G |
| 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 |