U+2C74 "ⱴ" Latin Small Letter V with Curl Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⱴ
U+2C74 "ⱴ" Latin Small Letter V with Curl is a specialized typographic symbol used in certain African language orthographies, such as for the Kabiye language of Togo, where it represents a voiced labiodental flap sound. This character is part of the Latin Extended-C block and was added to the Unicode standard to support the accurate phonetic transcription of sounds that do not occur in standard English. Its appearance resembles a lowercase "v" with a small hook or curl attached to the right side of the letter, distinguishing it from other similar characters. The curl indicates a specific articulatory feature, making it essential for linguists and speakers who need to write these languages correctly.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2C74 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter V with Curl |
| Block | Latin Extended-C |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⱴ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⱴ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB1 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2C74 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002C74 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2c74 |