U+1DBC "ᶼ" Modifier Letter Small Z with Retroflex Hook Unicode Character

U+1DBC "ᶼ" Modifier Letter Small Z with Retroflex Hook is a phonetic symbol used primarily in linguistic transcriptions, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) or extended phonetic alphabets, to represent a modified "z" sound with a retroflex articulation, meaning the tongue curls back towards the palate. This small capital letter with a hook serves as a diacritic or a standalone modifier to indicate a retroflex quality in spoken languages, often appearing in scholarly works or language documentation to capture subtle phonological distinctions not found in standard orthographies. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures consistent digital representation and interoperability across text systems for researchers and typographers.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1DBC
Version Added	4.1
Name	Modifier Letter Small Z with Retroflex Hook
Block	Phonetic Extensions Supplement
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Super
Decomposition Mapping	"ʐ" U+0290 Latin Small Letter Z with Retroflex Hook

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᶼ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᶼ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xB6 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1DBC
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001DBC
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1dbc

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	"ʐ" U+0290 Latin Small Letter Z with Retroflex Hook
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ʐ" U+0290 Latin Small Letter Z with Retroflex Hook
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