U+A793 "ꞓ" Latin Small Letter C with Bar Unicode Character

U+A793 "ꞓ" Latin Small Letter C with Bar is a typographic variant of the Latin letter "c," distinguished by a horizontal bar drawn through the middle of the character, similar in construction to the letter "ɨ" or "ʉ" but applied to "c." It is primarily used in historical or phonetic contexts, particularly in certain African languages and linguistic notations, where it represents a modified or specific sound value, such as a palatal click or a distinct fricative. This character was added to the Unicode Standard as part of the Latin Extended-D block, supporting scholarly transcription and orthographic systems that require this specialized glyph.

General Properties

Code Point	U+A793
Version Added	6.1
Name	Latin Small Letter C with Bar
Block	Latin Extended-D
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ꞓ
HTML Hex Encoding	ꞓ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEA 0x9E 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding	0xA793
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000A793
C/C++/Java Escape	\ua793

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	"Ꞓ" U+A792 Latin Capital Letter C with Bar
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ꞓ" U+A792 Latin Capital Letter C with Bar
Uppercase Code Point	"Ꞓ" U+A792 Latin Capital Letter C with Bar
Titlecase Code Point	"Ꞓ" U+A792 Latin Capital Letter C with Bar
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