U+209A "ₚ" Latin Subscript Small Letter P Unicode Character

U+209A "ₚ" Latin Subscript Small Letter P is a typographic glyph used primarily in linguistic and phonetic transcription to represent a subscript form of the letter P, often appearing in notations for certain sounds or as part of abbreviations in scientific contexts. It belongs to the Superscripts and Subscripts block in Unicode, where it functions as a distinct character for precise text rendering rather than relying on simple formatting. This character is particularly useful in fields like phonology, where subscript letters denote specific articulatory features, or in chemistry and mathematics for labeling variables and compounds in a way that maintains data integrity across digital platforms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+209A
Version Added	6.0
Name	Latin Subscript Small Letter P
Block	Superscripts and Subscripts
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Sub
Decomposition Mapping	"p" U+0070 Latin Small Letter P

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ₚ
HTML Hex Encoding	ₚ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x82 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding	0x209A
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000209A
C/C++/Java Escape	\u209a

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	"p" U+0070 Latin Small Letter P
NFKC Simple Casefold	"p" U+0070 Latin Small Letter P
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