U+1DA8 "ᶨ" Modifier Letter Small J with Crossed-Tail Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1DA8 "ᶨ" Modifier Letter Small J with Crossed-Tail is a diacritic-like symbol used in phonetic transcription, primarily within the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) extension block. It represents a voiced palatal fricative or affricate with a distinctive crossed-tail feature, which indicates a retroflex or otherwise modified articulation in some linguistic contexts. This character is often employed by phoneticians and linguists to denote precise speech sounds in languages that require finer phonetic distinctions, appearing in specialized texts or phonetic notations rather than in everyday writing. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that such detailed phonetic transcriptions can be consistently displayed and shared across digital platforms.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ᶨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ᶨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE1 0xB6 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x1DA8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00001DA8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u1da8 |
Unicode Properties