U+2093 "ₓ" Latin Subscript Small Letter X Unicode Character

U+2093 "ₓ" Latin Subscript Small Letter X is a typographic symbol used primarily in phonetic transcription and mathematical notation to denote a subscript version of the letter x. It belongs to the Superscripts and Subscripts block of Unicode, where it serves to represent a reduced, lowered form of the x often employed in linguistic contexts, such as in the International Phonetic Alphabet for indicating secondary articulation or co-articulation, or in chemistry and algebra for indexing variables or subscripts in formulas. This character ensures consistent digital representation across systems, allowing for precise text display without relying on formatting tricks like manual line shifting.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2093
Version Added	4.1
Name	Latin Subscript Small Letter X
Block	Superscripts and Subscripts
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Sub
Decomposition Mapping	"x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ₓ
HTML Hex Encoding	ₓ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x82 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2093
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002093
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2093

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	"x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X
NFKC Simple Casefold	"x" U+0078 Latin Small Letter X
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