U+AB69 "ꭩ" Modifier Letter Small Turned W Unicode Character

U+AB69 "ꭩ" Modifier Letter Small Turned W is a typographic symbol that belongs to the Latin Extended-E block and serves as a diacritic modifier in phonetic transcription, specifically representing a small, turned, or rotated version of the letter W. This character is primarily used in the International Phonetic Alphabet or similar linguistic systems to denote a slight alteration or nuance in sound production, often associated with labial or velar modifications in speech sounds. Its design mimics the lowercase "w" but inverted upside down, and it is encoded for use in specialized text where precise phonetic notation is required, such as in dictionaries or linguistic research documents.

General Properties

Code Point	U+AB69
Version Added	13.0
Name	Modifier Letter Small Turned W
Block	Latin Extended-E
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Super
Decomposition Mapping	"ʍ" U+028D Latin Small Letter Turned W

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ꭩ
HTML Hex Encoding	ꭩ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEA 0xAD 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xAB69
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000AB69
C/C++/Java Escape	\uab69

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Other Lowercase	Yes
Case Ignorable	Yes
Cased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"ʍ" U+028D Latin Small Letter Turned W
NFKC Simple Casefold	"ʍ" U+028D Latin Small Letter Turned W
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Diacritic	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower