U+2095 "ₕ" Latin Subscript Small Letter H Unicode Character

U+2095 "ₕ" Latin Subscript Small Letter H is a typographic symbol used primarily in phonetic and linguistic transcription to denote a reduced, lowered, or subscript version of the letter H, often appearing in notations for aspiration, breathy voice, or secondary articulation in the International Phonetic Alphabet, though it is not part of the standard IPA alphabet itself. Its design mimics a lowercase "h" positioned below the baseline, and it belongs to the Unicode block Latin Extended D, which includes a range of modifier letters for specialized academic and scientific text. This character enables precise written representation of subtle phonetic distinctions without relying on complex formatting or superscript adjustments.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2095
Version Added	6.0
Name	Latin Subscript Small Letter H
Block	Superscripts and Subscripts
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Sub
Decomposition Mapping	"h" U+0068 Latin Small Letter H

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ₕ
HTML Hex Encoding	ₕ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x82 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2095
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002095
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2095

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	"h" U+0068 Latin Small Letter H
NFKC Simple Casefold	"h" U+0068 Latin Small Letter H
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