U+0256 "ɖ" Latin Small Letter D with Tail Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+0256 "ɖ" Latin Small Letter D with Tail is a phonetic symbol used primarily in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a voiced retroflex plosive, a sound produced by curling the tip of the tongue back against the hard palate. It is distinct from the letter "d" and appears in romanized forms of languages like Hausa or in linguistic transcriptions for Dravidian and Indic languages. Visually, it consists of a lowercase 'd' with a small rightward hook or tail extending from the bottom of the vertical stem.
General Properties
Code Point
U+0256
Name
Latin Small Letter D with Tail
Unicode 1.0 Name
Latin Small Letter D Retroflex Hook
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ɖ
HTML Hex Encoding
ɖ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xC9 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0256
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000256
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0256
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Uppercase Code Point
Simple Titlecase Code Point
Uppercase Code Point
Titlecase Code Point
Script Extensions
Latin