U+AB43 "ꭃ" Latin Small Letter Turned O Open-O Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꭃ
U+AB43 "ꭃ" Latin Small Letter Turned O Open-O is a specialized glyph used primarily in phonetic transcription to represent a distinct vowel sound, typically an unrounded mid back vowel that is slightly more open than the standard open-o symbol. This character belongs to the Latin Extended-E block, a range designed to support various phonetic notations and minority language orthographies. Its shape is derived from a rotated version of the open-o letter, indicating a subtle shift in articulation in linguistic studies. While not common in everyday text, it serves an important role for linguists and phoneticians who need precise notation for describing the sounds of spoken language.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB43 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter Turned O Open-O |
| Block | Latin Extended-E |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꭃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꭃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAD 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB43 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB43 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab43 |