U+1E95 "ẕ" Latin Small Letter Z with Line Below Unicode Character
U+1E95 "ẕ" Latin Small Letter Z with Line Below is a specialized glyph belonging to the Latin Extended Additional block, designed for precise phonetic or orthographic transcription in certain languages and academic contexts. It visually consists of a standard lowercase "z" with a horizontal line drawn directly beneath it, a diacritical mark that can indicate a distinct pronunciation, such as a voiced or dental articulation, depending on the transcription system. This character is not commonly found in everyday writing but is occasionally required for the accurate representation of specific sounds in scholarly works, particularly in fields like linguistics or in older romanization schemes. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that such nuanced textual needs are preserved in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1E95 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter Z with Line Below |
| Block | Latin Extended Additional |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "z" U+007A Latin Small Letter Z "̱" U+0331 Combining Macron Below |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ẕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ẕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xBA 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1E95 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001E95 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1e95 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Lowercase | Yes |
| Simple Uppercase Code Point | "Ẕ" U+1E94 Latin Capital Letter Z with Line Below |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ẕ" U+1E94 Latin Capital Letter Z with Line Below |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ẕ" U+1E94 Latin Capital Letter Z with Line Below |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ẕ" U+1E94 Latin Capital Letter Z with Line Below |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| Script | Latin |
| Script Extensions | Latin |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Start | Yes |
| XID Start | Yes |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Lower |