U+1DA0 "ᶠ" Modifier Letter Small F Unicode Character

U+1DA0 "ᶠ" Modifier Letter Small F is a typographic symbol used primarily in phonetic transcription, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet or other extended Latin script notation systems, to indicate a modification or alteration of the preceding sound. This modifier letter, shaped like a superscript or small capital F, typically denotes a slight fricative quality, devoicing, or other phonetic nuance depending on its context, and it serves as a diacritical mark rather than an independent letter. It is part of the Unicode block for phonetic extensions, enabling precise representation of speech sounds in digital text across various linguistic and academic applications.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1DA0
Version Added	4.1
Name	Modifier Letter Small F
Block	Phonetic Extensions Supplement
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Super
Decomposition Mapping	"f" U+0066 Latin Small Letter F

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᶠ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᶠ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xB6 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1DA0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001DA0
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1da0

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	"f" U+0066 Latin Small Letter F
NFKC Simple Casefold	"f" U+0066 Latin Small Letter F
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
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