U+2C64 "Ɽ" Latin Capital Letter R with Tail Unicode Character
U+2C64 "Ɽ" Latin Capital Letter R with Tail is a specialized typographic symbol included in the Latin Extended-C block, designed primarily for use in phonetic transcription and certain African language orthographies. It represents a voiced retroflex flap or a similar rhotic sound, often employed to denote a specific pronunciation distinct from the standard Latin R. Its visual form consists of a capital R with a hook or tail extending downward from the right side of the letter's bowl, which signals its unique phonetic value in linguistic notation. This character is part of a broader effort to provide precise, unambiguous glyphs for documenting the sounds of diverse languages, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa, and is supported in modern Unicode-compliant fonts and digital text systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2C64 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Latin Capital Letter R with Tail |
| Block | Latin Extended-C |
| General Category | Uppercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ɽ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ɽ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB1 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2C64 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002C64 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2c64 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ɽ" U+027D Latin Small Letter R with Tail |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ɽ" U+027D Latin Small Letter R with Tail |
| Simple Case Folding | "ɽ" U+027D Latin Small Letter R with Tail |
| Case Folding | "ɽ" U+027D Latin Small Letter R with Tail |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "ɽ" U+027D Latin Small Letter R with Tail |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "ɽ" U+027D Latin Small Letter R with Tail |
| 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 | Upper |