U+A7BD "ꞽ" Latin Small Letter Glottal I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+A7BD "ꞽ" Latin Small Letter Glottal I is a typographic variant of the letter I, characterized by a small hook or curl extending from its top right, used primarily in phonetic transcription to represent a distinct speech sound involving a glottal closure or modification. This character belongs to the Latin Extended-D block and was added to the Unicode standard to support scholarly writing and linguistic documentation, particularly for transcribing certain African and Indigenous languages where a glottalized i sound occurs. Its design is similar to a regular lowercase i but with the additional hook serving as a diacritic-like feature that distinguishes it from the standard letter. The glyph is encoded specifically for historical and specialized orthographic work, ensuring accurate representation of phonetic nuances in digital text.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ꞽ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ꞽ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEA 0x9E 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xA7BD |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000A7BD |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ua7bd |
Unicode Properties