U+1DF15 "𝼕" Latin Small Letter Turned R with Palatal Hook Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𝼕
U+1DF15 "𝼕" Latin Small Letter Turned R with Palatal Hook is a specialized phonetic symbol used primarily in the International Phonetic Alphabet and linguistic transcription to represent a voiced retroflex flap or a similar rhotic sound, distinguished by the palatal hook indicating a more forward, palatalized articulation. This character is part of the Latin Extended-G block, added in Unicode version 14.0 in 2021, and its design combines a turned lowercase "r" with a small hook attached to the right side, reflecting its historical use in phonetic notation for certain dialects or endangered languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1DF15 |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter Turned R with Palatal Hook |
| Block | Latin Extended-G |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𝼕 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𝼕 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9D 0xBC 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD837 0xDF15 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001DF15 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud837\udf15 |