U+AB4D "ꭍ" Latin Small Letter Baseline Esh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AB4D "ꭍ" Latin Small Letter Baseline Esh is a specialized typographic symbol used primarily in phonetic transcription, specifically representing a voiced palatal fricative sound in the International Phonetic Alphabet when rotated, though its baseline variant differs from the standard esh by sitting directly on the writing line rather than descending below it. This character belongs to the Latin Extended-E block and is part of a set of historic or technical letters designed for precise phonetic notation in scholarly or linguistic contexts. Its shape resembles a looped tail extending from the top of a vertical stem, and it serves as a practical alternative in certain font styles or writing systems that require consistent baseline alignment.

General Properties

Code Point U+AB4D
Version Added 7.0
Name Latin Small Letter Baseline Esh
Block Latin Extended-E
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꭍ
HTML Hex Encoding ꭍ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xAD 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAB4D
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AB4D
C/C++/Java Escape \uab4d

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
Cased 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