U+1DB4 "ᶴ" Modifier Letter Small Esh Unicode Character

U+1DB4 "ᶴ" Modifier Letter Small Esh is a typographic symbol used in phonetic transcription, specifically within the International Phonetic Alphabet extension, to indicate a modified or co-articulated version of the "esh" sound (the voiceless postalveolar fricative, as in "sh"). It is classified as a modifier letter, meaning it is typically combined with another character to alter its phonetic value without standing alone as a full letter. This character was added to Unicode as part of the Phonetic Extensions Supplement block, reflecting its specialized role in representing subtle distinctions in speech sounds in linguistic research and orthography.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1DB4
Version Added	4.1
Name	Modifier Letter Small Esh
Block	Phonetic Extensions Supplement
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Super
Decomposition Mapping	"ʃ" U+0283 Latin Small Letter Esh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᶴ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᶴ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xB6 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1DB4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001DB4
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1db4

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	"ʃ" U+0283 Latin Small Letter Esh
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ʃ" U+0283 Latin Small Letter Esh
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