U+1D96 "ᶖ" Latin Small Letter I with Retroflex Hook Unicode Character

U+1D96 "ᶖ" Latin Small Letter I with Retroflex Hook is a phonetic symbol used primarily in the International Phonetic Alphabet to represent a retroflex vowel sound, specifically a slightly retroflexed or rhotacized close front unrounded vowel. It is formed by taking the standard lowercase letter "i" and adding a retroflex hook, a small rightward-curving tail at the bottom, to indicate that the tongue tip is curled back toward the palate during articulation. This character is part of the IPA Extensions block in Unicode and is used in specialized linguistic transcriptions for languages that feature retroflex vowels, though it is not commonly found in standard orthographies.