Retroflex Hook

The retroflex hook is variously also called just a hook, or a tail, in Unicode. They all have in common that it is a hook turning towards the right, attached to the bottom of a letter. The majority of these letters are used in IPA to represent retroflex consonants.

Note that the retroflex hook is easily confused with the similar looking Palatalized Hook ◌̡. There are also letters with other hooks, such as Ɓɓ, Ƈƈ, Ɗɗ, Ƒƒ, Ɠɠ, ʛ, ɦ, ɧ, Ƙƙ, ɱ, Ɲɲ, Ɋɋ, ʠ, Ƥƥ, Ƭƭ, Ʋʋ, Ƴƴ, Ȥȥ.

Retroflex Hook in Unicode

Precomposed Letters with Retroflex Hook

◌̢

ɖ

ʯ

ɭ

ᶩ

ɳ

ᶯ

Ɽ

ɽ

ɻ

ʵ

ʂ

ᶳ

U+0322

U+0256

U+02AF

U+026D

U+1DA9

U+0273

U+1DAF

U+2C64

U+027D

U+027B

U+02B5

U+0282

U+1DB3

Combining Retroflex Hook Below

Latin Small Letter D With Tail

Latin Small Letter Turned H With Fishhook And Tail

Latin Small Letter L With Retroflex Hook

Modifier Letter Small L With Retroflex Hook

Latin Small Letter N With Retroflex Hook

Modifier Letter Small N With Retroflex Hook

Latin Capital Letter R With Tail

Latin Small Letter R With Tail

Latin Small Letter Turned R With Hook

Modifier Letter Small Turned R With Hook

Latin Small Letter S With Hook

Modifier Letter Small S With Hook

Note: It is not recommended that this combining diacritic is used with letters to create new characters.

Note: Upper case of this letter is Latin Capital Letter African D, Ɖ (U+0189).

Note: Phonetic character used by sinologist to denote [ʐ̩ʷ]. Not used in any orthography.

Note: Phonetic character used in IPA. Not used in any orthography.

Note: Phonetic character; not used in any orthography.

Note: Phonetic character used in IPA. Not used in any orthography.

Note: Phonetic character; not used in any orthography.

Note: Phonetic character used in IPA. Not used in any orthography.

Note: Phonetic character; not used in any orthography.

Note: Phonetic character used in IPA. Not used in any orthography.

Note: Phonetic character; not used in any orthography.

Ʈ

ʈ

ʐ

ᶼ

U+01AE

U+0288

U+0290

U+1DBC

Latin Capital Letter T With Retroflex Hook

Latin Small Letter T With Retroflex Hook

Latin Small Letter Z With Retroflex Hook

Modifier Letter Small Z With Retroflex Hook

Note: Phonetic character used in IPA. Not used in any orthography.

Note: Phonetic character; not used in any orthography.

Retroflex Hook in Natlangs

Uses of Retroflex Hook

Usage	Language	Letters	Notes

See Also

• Natlang Uses of Diacritics in the Latin Alphabet
• Palatalized Hook