U+1D8C "ᶌ" Latin Small Letter V with Palatal Hook Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1D8C "ᶌ" Latin Small Letter V with Palatal Hook is a typographic variant of the standard Latin letter 'v' that includes a small hook attached to its top right side, indicating a palatalized pronunciation in phonetic transcription. It belongs to the Latin Extended Additional block and is primarily used in the context of the International Phonetic Alphabet or other linguistic notations to represent a voiced labiodental fricative with simultaneous palatalization, akin to a softened or 'y' like quality. This character is rarely encountered in general text, serving a specialized function in scholarly works on phonetics, historical linguistics, or the transcription of certain African and European languages where such subtle sound distinctions are documented.

General Properties

Code Point U+1D8C
Version Added 4.1
Name Latin Small Letter V with Palatal Hook
Block Phonetic Extensions Supplement
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᶌ
HTML Hex Encoding ᶌ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xB6 0x8C
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1D8C
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001D8C
C/C++/Java Escape \u1d8c

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
Cased 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