U+1D22 "ᴢ" Latin Letter Small Capital Z Unicode Character

U+1D22 "ᴢ" Latin Letter Small Capital Z is a typographic variant of the standard lowercase "z," designed as a small capital letter that appears the same height as an uppercase Z but with the same relative size as lowercase letters. It belongs to the Phonetic Extensions block and is primarily used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a voiced alveolar fricative, though it has been largely replaced by the standard IPA symbol [z] in modern transcriptions. This character also appears in historical linguistic notations and certain orthographies where small capitals indicate specific phonological or grammatical distinctions.