U+1D68 "ᵨ" Greek Subscript Small Letter Rho Unicode Character

U+1D68 "ᵨ" Greek Subscript Small Letter Rho is a specialized glyph used primarily in phonetic transcription, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and other linguistic notation systems, to represent a voiced bilabial trill or a r-like sound articulated with a lowered or modified tongue position. It belongs to the Unicode block "Phonetic Extensions," which contains characters designed for precise representation of speech sounds, and it is visually distinct from the standard Greek letter rho due to its subscript placement. This character aids linguists and language researchers in documenting and analyzing subtle phonetic distinctions across spoken languages, ensuring accurate and consistent transcription.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D68
Version Added	4.0
Name	Greek Subscript Small Letter Rho
Block	Phonetic Extensions
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Sub
Decomposition Mapping	"ρ" U+03C1 Greek Small Letter Rho

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᵨ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᵨ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xB5 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1D68
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001D68
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1d68

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	"ρ" U+03C1 Greek Small Letter Rho
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ρ" U+03C1 Greek Small Letter Rho
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