U+1D91 "ᶑ" Latin Small Letter D with Hook and Tail Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1D91 "ᶑ" Latin Small Letter D with Hook and Tail is a specialized phonetic symbol used primarily in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent a voiced retroflex implosive, a type of consonant sound produced by drawing air inward while the tongue tip is curled back against the palate. It combines a standard lowercase "d" with a rightward hook attached to the top of the letter, indicating its retroflex articulation, and a tail at the bottom, which signifies that it is an implosive. This character is part of the IPA Extensions block and is relatively rare, appearing mainly in linguistic transcriptions of certain African and South Asian languages, such as some dialects of Swahili or Sindhi. Its precise design ensures it does not overlap with other similar phonetic symbols, making it a distinct and functional tool for representing specific speech sounds in phonetic alphabets.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ᶑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ᶑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE1 0xB6 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x1D91 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00001D91 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u1d91 |
Unicode Properties