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U+02BF · MODIFIER LETTER LEFT HALF RING

Modifier Letter Left Half Ring

  • CodepointU+02BF
  • NameMODIFIER LETTER LEFT HALF RING
  • Decimal703
  • BlockSpacing Modifier Letters (U+02B0–U+02FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategoryLm — Modifier Letter
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classL — Left-to-Right
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+02BF (ʿ) is MODIFIER LETTER LEFT HALF RING, a modifier letter in the Spacing Modifier Letters block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

How to type ʿ

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8CA BF2 bytes
UTF-1602BF1 code unit
UTF-32000002BF4 bytes
HTML decimalʿ
HTML hexʿ
CSS\2BFin content: "…"
JavaScript\u02BF
JSON\u02BF
Python\u02BF
Python\N{MODIFIER LETTER LEFT HALF RING}by name
Java / C#\u02BF
C / C++\u02BFuniversal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2BF}
Go\u02BF
Ruby\u02BF
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(703)
URL-encoded%CA%BFpercent-encoded UTF-8
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Looks similar

Characters that Unicode’s security data (UTS #39 confusables) lists as visually confusable with this one. Useful for spotting lookalike spoofing in URLs and usernames.

U+02D3˓Modifier Letter Centred Left Half Ring U+0559ՙArmenian Modifier Letter Left Half Ring
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Nearby in Spacing Modifier Letters

All in block →
U+02B9ʹModifier Letter Prime U+02BAʺModifier Letter Double Prime U+02BBʻModifier Letter Turned Comma U+02BCʼModifier Letter Apostrophe U+02BDʽModifier Letter Reversed Comma U+02BEʾModifier Letter Right Half Ring U+02C0ˀModifier Letter Glottal Stop U+02C1ˁModifier Letter Reversed Glottal Stop U+02C2˂Modifier Letter Left Arrowhead U+02C3˃Modifier Letter Right Arrowhead U+02C4˄Modifier Letter Up Arrowhead U+02C5˅Modifier Letter Down Arrowhead