U+2C7D "ⱽ" Modifier Letter Capital V Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+2C7D "ⱽ" Modifier Letter Capital V is a small superscript version of a capital V, designed for use in phonetic transcription systems, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet or extended Latin orthographies. Its primary function is to indicate a modification of the preceding or following sound, often suggesting a voiced labiodental approximant or serving as a diacritic-like mark to denote vowel length or quality shifts. This character sits at the modifier letter height, allowing it to attach unobtrusively to base letters without altering line spacing, and it is most commonly employed in scholarly linguistic texts to provide precise phonetic detail for languages where a full-size uppercase V would be inappropriate or confusing in running text.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ⱽ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ⱽ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE2 0xB1 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x2C7D |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00002C7D |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u2c7d |
Unicode Properties