U+027B "ɻ" Latin Small Letter Turned R with Hook Unicode Character

U+027B "ɻ" Latin Small Letter Turned R with Hook is an IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) symbol that represents a voiced retroflex approximant, a consonant sound produced by curling the tip of the tongue back toward the hard palate while allowing air to flow freely past it, similar to the English "r" in many rhotic dialects but with a more retracted articulation. This character is used in linguistic transcriptions to denote this specific sound found in languages such as certain varieties of Mandarin Chinese, Tamil, and some Indigenous Australian languages. It visually resembles a standard lowercase "r" that has been rotated 180 degrees, with a small hook added to the top right.