# ɓ U+0253 LATIN SMALL LETTER B WITH HOOK

Lowercase b with a hook at the top, the IPA symbol for a voiced bilabial implosive, used in African languages like Hausa.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `ɓ` |
| Codepoint | U+0253 |
| Name | LATIN SMALL LETTER B WITH HOOK |
| Block | [IPA Extensions](https://unicodekit.com/block/ipa-extensions) |
| Script | Latin |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `ɓ` `ɓ` |
| CSS | `\253` |
| JavaScript | `\u0253` |
| UTF-8 | C9 93 |
| UTF-16 | 0253 |

## Notes

- implosive bilabial stop
- uppercase is 0181

## Related characters

- ɒ [U+0252 LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED ALPHA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0252)
- ɔ [U+0254 LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN O](https://unicodekit.com/char/0254)
- ɑ [U+0251 LATIN SMALL LETTER ALPHA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0251)
- ɕ [U+0255 LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CURL](https://unicodekit.com/char/0255)
- ɐ [U+0250 LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED A](https://unicodekit.com/char/0250)
- ɖ [U+0256 LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH TAIL](https://unicodekit.com/char/0256)
- ɗ [U+0257 LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH HOOK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0257)
- ɘ [U+0258 LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED E](https://unicodekit.com/char/0258)
- ə [U+0259 LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0259)
- ɚ [U+025A LATIN SMALL LETTER SCHWA WITH HOOK](https://unicodekit.com/char/025A)
- ɛ [U+025B LATIN SMALL LETTER OPEN E](https://unicodekit.com/char/025B)
- ɜ [U+025C LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED OPEN E](https://unicodekit.com/char/025C)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0253 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0253