U+2C76 "ⱶ" Latin Small Letter Half H Unicode Character

U+2C76 "ⱶ" Latin Small Letter Half H is a relatively obscure and rarely used letter in modern writing, primarily serving as a phonetic or historical transcription symbol in Latin script. It visually represents only the left half of the minuscule letter h, lacking the full vertical stem and rightward curve of its standard counterpart. This character was added to the Unicode Standard as part of the Latin Extended-C block, with its uppercase version being U+2C75. Its most notable application is found in the study of the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet, where it can denote a specific reduced or partial sound, though it remains absent from common typography and everyday text.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2C76
Version Added	5.0
Name	Latin Small Letter Half H
Block	Latin Extended-C
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⱶ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⱶ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB1 0xB6
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2C76
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002C76
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2c76

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	"Ⱶ" U+2C75 Latin Capital Letter Half H
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⱶ" U+2C75 Latin Capital Letter Half H
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⱶ" U+2C75 Latin Capital Letter Half H
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⱶ" U+2C75 Latin Capital Letter Half H
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