U+2C7A "ⱺ" Latin Small Letter O with Low Ring Inside Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2C7A "ⱺ" Latin Small Letter O with Low Ring Inside is a rare typographic variant of the letter "o," distinguished by a small ring placed within the lower interior of the character. This glyph is part of the Latin Extended-C block and is primarily used in certain phonetic or orthographic notations, particularly in historical or specialized contexts where precise articulation or vowel quality must be marked. Its design allows it to represent a specific rounded vowel sound, often associated with close or near-close central vowels in linguistic transcription systems. While not common in standard modern alphabets, the character serves as a valuable tool for scholars documenting dialectal variations or reconstructing ancient pronunciations.

General Properties

Code Point U+2C7A
Version Added 5.1
Name Latin Small Letter O with Low Ring Inside
Block Latin Extended-C
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⱺ
HTML Hex Encoding ⱺ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xB1 0xBA
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2C7A
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002C7A
C/C++/Java Escape \u2c7a

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
Cased 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