Unicode Character "ʿ" (U+02BF)

The character ʿ (Modifier Letter Left Half Ring) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+02BF. It is encoded in the Spacing Modifier Letters block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ʿ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Modifier Letter Left Half Ring
Unicode Codepoint U+02BF
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Spacing Modifier Letters
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right (L)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Modifier Letter
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+02BF Conversion

HTML (decimal) ʿ
HTML (hex) ʿ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %CA%BF
CSS \0002BF
JavaScript, JSON \u02BF
C, C++, Java \u02BF
Python \u02BF
Rust \u{02BF}
Ruby \u02BF

How to type "ʿ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 2 B F. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 2 B F. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ʿ
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ʿ
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ʿ
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xCA 0xBF
UTF-16 (hex) 0x02BF
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000002BF

References