U+AB4A "ꭊ" Latin Small Letter Double R with Crossed-Tail Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꭊ
U+AB4A "ꭊ" Latin Small Letter Double R with Crossed-Tail is a specialized typographic symbol used primarily in phonetic transcription, particularly within the context of the Teuthonista dialectal transcription system for German and other European languages, where it represents a specific voiced retroflex or uvular trill sound. This character combines two "r" shapes with a distinctive crossed tail descending below the baseline, distinguishing it from standard double-r letters and enabling precise notation in linguistic documentation. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars can digitally represent and exchange these fine phonetic distinctions without relying on custom fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB4A |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter Double R with Crossed-Tail |
| Block | Latin Extended-E |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꭊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꭊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAD 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB4A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB4A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab4a |