U+AB68 "ꭨ" Latin Small Letter Turned R with Middle Tilde Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꭨ
U+AB68 "ꭨ" Latin Small Letter Turned R with Middle Tilde is a specialized glyph used primarily in phonetic transcription, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for representing specific sounds in certain African languages. It is formed by taking a standard lowercase "r" that has been rotated 180 degrees (a turned r) and adding a tilde through its middle stroke. This diacritic indicates a nasalized or pharyngealized quality to the sound, depending on the linguistic context. The character belongs to the Latin Extended-E block of Unicode, which was introduced to support lesser-used phonetic symbols and orthographic needs for minority languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+AB68 |
| Version Added | 13.0 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter Turned R with Middle Tilde |
| Block | Latin Extended-E |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꭨ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꭨ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0xAD 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xAB68 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000AB68 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uab68 |