U+036F "ͯ" Combining Latin Small Letter X Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+036F "ͯ" Combining Latin Small Letter X is a diacritical mark used in historical and scholarly writing to modify a base letter, typically to indicate a specific phonetic quality in the transcription of ancient or medieval languages, such as in the study of Old English or other early Germanic texts, where it can represent a velar or uvular sound when placed above or below a character, making it a specialized tool for linguists and philologists working with precise orthographic documentation.

General Properties

Code Point U+036F
Version Added 3.2
Name Combining Latin Small Letter X
Block Combining Diacritical Marks
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Above
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ͯ
HTML Hex Encoding ͯ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xCD 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0x036F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000036F
C/C++/Java Escape \u036f

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
East Asian Width Ambiguous
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Inherited
Script Extensions Latin
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Other Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend