U+2C6C "ⱬ" Latin Small Letter Z with Descender Unicode Character

U+2C6C "ⱬ" Latin Small Letter Z with Descender is a script variant of the letter Z that features a descender, or a downward extension below the baseline, typically used in certain orthographies for the Ubykh language, where it represents a voiced alveolar affricate or a similar sound. This character is part of the Latin Extended-C block, added to Unicode in version 5.1 in 2008, and it supports the transcription of languages with complex phonetic systems, particularly those from the Caucasus region. The descender distinguishes it from other forms of Z, and it may be confused with or related to the similar character "ȥ" (Latin Small Letter Z with Hook) depending on the font and linguistic context.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2C6C
Version Added	5.0
Name	Latin Small Letter Z with Descender
Block	Latin Extended-C
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⱬ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⱬ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB1 0xAC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2C6C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002C6C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2c6c

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
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ⱬ" U+2C6B Latin Capital Letter Z with Descender
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⱬ" U+2C6B Latin Capital Letter Z with Descender
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⱬ" U+2C6B Latin Capital Letter Z with Descender
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⱬ" U+2C6B Latin Capital Letter Z with Descender
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