U+1DB0 "ᶰ" Modifier Letter Small Capital N Unicode Character

U+1DB0 "ᶰ" Modifier Letter Small Capital N is a typographic symbol used primarily in phonetic transcription within the International Phonetic Alphabet and its extensions. It represents a superscript or modifier version of a small capital N, indicating a nasalized or prenasalized sound, often serving to show a reduced or secondary articulation in languages that require precise phonetic detail. This character appears in the Unicode block "Phonetic Extensions" and is employed by linguists and lexicographers to denote subtle variations in speech, such as a nasal release in consonants or a nasalized vowel without the full weight of a standard letter.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1DB0
Version Added	4.1
Name	Modifier Letter Small Capital N
Block	Phonetic Extensions Supplement
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Super
Decomposition Mapping	"ɴ" U+0274 Latin Letter Small Capital N

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᶰ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᶰ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xB6 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1DB0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001DB0
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1db0

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	"ɴ" U+0274 Latin Letter Small Capital N
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ɴ" U+0274 Latin Letter Small Capital N
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