U+2C73 "ⱳ" Latin Small Letter W with Hook Unicode Character

U+2C73 "ⱳ" Latin Small Letter W with Hook is a specialized letter used primarily in linguistic transcription and certain orthographies for African languages, most notably in the writing systems of languages like Medumba or Mfumte in Cameroon. Its distinctive hook attached to the baseline of the standard lowercase W indicates a modified pronunciation, typically representing a labial-velar approximant with a specific articulatory feature or a distinct voiced bilabial sound not captured by the plain letter W. This character belongs to the Latin Extended-C block and was encoded in Unicode version 5.0 in 2006 to support precise phonetic and orthographic representation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2C73
Version Added	5.1
Name	Latin Small Letter W with Hook
Block	Latin Extended-C
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⱳ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⱳ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB1 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2C73
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002C73
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2c73

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	"Ⱳ" U+2C72 Latin Capital Letter W with Hook
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⱳ" U+2C72 Latin Capital Letter W with Hook
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⱳ" U+2C72 Latin Capital Letter W with Hook
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⱳ" U+2C72 Latin Capital Letter W with Hook
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