U+A7BF "ꞿ" Latin Small Letter Glottal U Unicode Character

U+A7BF "ꞿ" Latin Small Letter Glottal U is a specialized typographic symbol used primarily in certain phonetic or orthographic contexts to represent a u-shaped vowel that is pronounced with a simultaneous glottal closure or constriction, often referred to as a "creaky" or laryngealized vowel. It belongs to the Latin Extended D block and is classified as a lowercase letter, distinct from the standard U due to its diacritic-like modification involving a small connecting stroke or tail that indicates the glottal articulation. This character supports the accurate transcription of specific sounds in languages or linguistic studies where such precise vowel quality is necessary, such as in some African or Native American languages.

General Properties

Code Point	U+A7BF
Version Added	12.0
Name	Latin Small Letter Glottal U
Block	Latin Extended-D
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ꞿ
HTML Hex Encoding	ꞿ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEA 0x9E 0xBF
UTF-16 Encoding	0xA7BF
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000A7BF
C/C++/Java Escape	\ua7bf

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	"Ꞿ" U+A7BE Latin Capital Letter Glottal U
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ꞿ" U+A7BE Latin Capital Letter Glottal U
Uppercase Code Point	"Ꞿ" U+A7BE Latin Capital Letter Glottal U
Titlecase Code Point	"Ꞿ" U+A7BE Latin Capital Letter Glottal U
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