U+1DBD "ᶽ" Modifier Letter Small Z with Curl Unicode Character

U+1DBD "ᶽ" Modifier Letter Small Z with Curl is a diacritical mark used in phonetic transcription, specifically within the International Phonetic Alphabet extensions, to denote a modified or retracted articulation of the base letter "z." Its curled tail distinguishes it from a standard small "z" and indicates a slight retroflex or palatalized quality in pronunciation. This character is part of the Unicode block for phonetic extensions and is primarily employed by linguists and language scholars to transcribe subtle sounds in various spoken languages. It is typically combined with other characters to represent specific phonetic details that are not captured by ordinary letters.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1DBD
Version Added	4.1
Name	Modifier Letter Small Z with Curl
Block	Phonetic Extensions Supplement
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Super
Decomposition Mapping	"ʑ" U+0291 Latin Small Letter Z with Curl

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ᶽ
HTML Hex Encoding	ᶽ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xB6 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1DBD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001DBD
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1dbd

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	"ʑ" U+0291 Latin Small Letter Z with Curl
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ʑ" U+0291 Latin Small Letter Z with Curl
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