U+1D61 "ᵡ" Modifier Letter Small Chi Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᵡ
U+1D61 "ᵡ" Modifier Letter Small Chi is a superscript or raised version of the Greek letter chi, used primarily in phonetic transcription systems such as the International Phonetic Alphabet or Americanist phonetic notation to indicate a modified or secondary articulation, often representing a voiceless velar fricative or an aspiration associated with a sound, though its exact function can vary by linguistic context. It serves as a diacritic-like symbol that modifies the pronunciation of an adjacent character.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D61 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Small Chi |
| Block | Phonetic Extensions |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Super |
| Decomposition Mapping | "χ" U+03C7 Greek Small Letter Chi |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᵡ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᵡ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB5 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1D61 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001D61 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1d61 |
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 | "χ" U+03C7 Greek Small Letter Chi |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "χ" U+03C7 Greek Small Letter Chi |
| Script | Greek |
| Script Extensions | Greek |
| 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 |