ʲ is the Unicode character MODIFIER LETTER SMALL J, code point U+02B2 (decimal 690) in the Spacing Modifier Letters block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ʲ, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes CA B2.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+02B2 |
| Decimal | 690 |
| UTF-8 bytes | CA B2 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 02B2 |
| UTF-32 | 000002B2 |
| HTML decimal | ʲ |
| HTML hex | ʲ |
| CSS | \2B2 |
| JavaScript | \u02B2 |
| JSON | \u02B2 |
| Python | \u02B2 |
| Python by name | \N{MODIFIER LETTER SMALL J} |
| Java, C# | \u02B2 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2B2} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u02B2 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %CA%B2 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | MODIFIER LETTER SMALL J |
| Code point | U+02B2 (decimal 690) |
| Block | Spacing Modifier Letters (U+02B0–U+02FF) |
| General category | Lm: Modifier letter |
| Script | Latin |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL J has a compatibility decomposition (super) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Nearby in Spacing Modifier Letters
- ʰ U+02B0 Modifier Letter Small H
- ʱ U+02B1 Modifier Letter Small H With Hook
- ʳ U+02B3 Modifier Letter Small R
- ʴ U+02B4 Modifier Letter Small Turned R
- ʵ U+02B5 Modifier Letter Small Turned R With Hook
- ʶ U+02B6 Modifier Letter Small Capital Inverted R
- ʷ U+02B7 Modifier Letter Small W
- ʸ U+02B8 Modifier Letter Small Y
- ʹ U+02B9 Modifier Letter Prime
- ʺ U+02BA Modifier Letter Double Prime
All 80 characters: Spacing Modifier Letters.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ʲ?
- Use ʲ (decimal) or ʲ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+02B2?
- CA B2 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %CA%B2.
- How do I write U+02B2 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u02B2. Python: \u02B2.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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