U+1D6C "ᵬ" Latin Small Letter B with Middle Tilde Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1D6C "ᵬ" Latin Small Letter B with Middle Tilde is a phonetic extension symbol used primarily in linguistic transcription, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) or other scholarly notations to represent a modified voiced bilabial stop. This character consists of a standard lowercase Latin "b" with a small tilde drawn through its middle, indicating a specific articulatory or diacritic distinction such as nasalization or a fricative release. It appears in historical or specialized texts where precise phonetic detail is required, though it is not part of modern standard IPA and is now largely confined to academic or archival linguistic work.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1D6C |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter B with Middle Tilde |
| Block | Phonetic Extensions |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᵬ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᵬ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB5 0xAC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1D6C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001D6C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1d6c |