U+1D79 "ᵹ" Latin Small Letter Insular G Unicode Character

U+1D79 "ᵹ" Latin Small Letter Insular G is a historical typographic variant of the letter G, originating in the insular script used in medieval Ireland and Britain, where it was commonly employed to represent the voiced velar fricative sound, similar to the modern "gh" in English. This character is distinguished by its open, rounded top and lack of a descending stroke, setting it apart from the standard Carolingian G. It appears in phonetic transcription, historical linguistic studies, and revived orthographies for certain Celtic languages, such as Old Irish, where it helps accurately denote archaic pronunciation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1D79
Version Added	4.1
Name	Latin Small Letter Insular G
Block	Phonetic Extensions
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᵹ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᵹ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xB5 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1D79
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001D79
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1d79

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ᵹ" U+A77D Latin Capital Letter Insular G
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ᵹ" U+A77D Latin Capital Letter Insular G
Uppercase Code Point	"Ᵹ" U+A77D Latin Capital Letter Insular G
Titlecase Code Point	"Ᵹ" U+A77D Latin Capital Letter Insular G
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower