G-caron

Not to be confused with Ğ.

G with caron
Ǧ ǧ
ğ, ĝ, ḡ, ġ, ǥ, ǵ, g̃, ģ, ɠ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	Alphabetic
Language of origin	Czechoslovak language
In Unicode	U+01E6, U+01E7
History
Development	(speculated origin) Γ γ 𐌂 C G Ǧ ǧ
Time period	16th century to present
Descendants	• Ğ  • Ġ
Sisters	G Ғ Ґ Ҕ Ӻ چ‬ غ ገ ࠂ ג Ð
Variations	ğ, ĝ, ḡ, ġ, ǥ, ǵ, g̃, ģ, ɠ
Other
Associated graphs	ğ, ĝ, ḡ, ġ, ǥ, ǵ, g̃, ģ, ɠ
Writing direction	Left-to-Right

⟨Ǧ⟩ (miniscule: ⟨ǧ⟩), called "G with caron", is a letter used in several Latin orthographies.

In the Romany and Skolt Sami languages, it represents the palatalized g [ɟ͡ʝ].

It has also been used in Czech and Slovak orthographies until the middle of the 19th century to represent a voiced velar plosive (IPA: [g]; the English G-sound), whereas a regular ⟨G⟩ stood for a voiced palatal approximant (IPA: [j]; the English Y-sound in).

In the romanization of Pashto, Persian, and South Azeri, ⟨ǧ⟩ is used to represent a voiced velar fricative (IPA: [ɣ]; same as the Arabic letter Ghayn ⟨غ⟩).

In the Berber Latin and Resian alphabets, ⟨ǧ⟩ is pronounced as a voiced postalveolar affricate (IPA: [d͡ʒ]; an English J-sound).

In Lakota, ⟨ǧ⟩ represents a voiced uvular fricative (IPA: [ʁ]; an English R-sound)

In the DIN 31635 Arabic transliteration, it represents the letter Ǧīm ⟨ﺝ⟩.

Computing code

Character information

Preview	Ǧ		ǧ
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G WITH CARON		LATIN SMALL LETTER G WITH CARON
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	486	U+01E6	487	U+01E7
UTF-8	199 166	C7 A6	199 167	C7 A7
Numeric character reference	Ǧ	Ǧ	ǧ	ǧ

See also

• Ğ (with breve)