U+AB56 "ꭖ" Latin Small Letter X with Low Right Ring Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+AB56 "ꭖ" Latin Small Letter X with Low Right Ring is a specialized typographic symbol used primarily in phonetic transcription, particularly within the framework of the International Phonetic Alphabet or its extensions. It represents a modified version of the letter x, distinguished by a small ring attached to the lower right of the character, which typically indicates a specific articulatory detail such as a pharyngealized or labialized pronunciation. This character belongs to the Latin Extended-E block of Unicode, which supports a variety of rare or historical alphabets and phonetic notations. Its inclusion in digital text allows linguists and language researchers to accurately represent and analyze subtle phonetic distinctions found in certain spoken languages.

General Properties

Code Point U+AB56
Version Added 7.0
Name Latin Small Letter X with Low Right Ring
Block Latin Extended-E
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꭖ
HTML Hex Encoding ꭖ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0xAD 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding 0xAB56
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000AB56
C/C++/Java Escape \uab56

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