U+AB51 "ꭑ" Latin Small Letter Turned Ui Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꭑ
U+AB51 "ꭑ" Latin Small Letter Turned Ui is a specialized typographic symbol within the Latin Extended-E block, designed primarily for use in phonetic transcription and linguistic notation. This character represents a turned or inverted form of the digraph "ui" and is employed by scholars to denote a particular vowel quality, often a rounded front vowel sound that occurs in certain languages or dialectal studies. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard ensures that linguists and typographers can accurately encode and display this nuanced phonetic symbol across digital platforms without relying on ad hoc substitutions or workarounds.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB51 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter Turned Ui |
| Block | Latin Extended-E |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꭑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꭑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAD 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB51 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB51 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab51 |