U+037C "ͼ" Greek Small Dotted Lunate Sigma Symbol Unicode Character

U+037C "ͼ" Greek Small Dotted Lunate Sigma Symbol is a historical typographic variant of the Greek letter sigma, used primarily in ancient and medieval manuscripts where the lunate sigma, shaped like a crescent rather than the standard Σ, was common. The addition of a dot above or beside the symbol served as a textual marker, often indicating an abbreviation or a special numeric usage, such as the number 200 in the Greek alphabetic numeral system. Unlike the modern Greek alphabet, this character is rarely employed in contemporary writing but remains relevant for scholars studying paleography, epigraphy, and historical linguistic texts where such notational conventions appear.

General Properties

Code Point	U+037C
Version Added	5.0
Name	Greek Small Dotted Lunate Sigma Symbol
Block	Greek and Coptic
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ͼ
HTML Hex Encoding	ͼ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xCD 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding	0x037C
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000037C
C/C++/Java Escape	\u037c

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ͼ" U+03FE Greek Capital Dotted Lunate Sigma Symbol
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ͼ" U+03FE Greek Capital Dotted Lunate Sigma Symbol
Uppercase Code Point	"Ͼ" U+03FE Greek Capital Dotted Lunate Sigma Symbol
Titlecase Code Point	"Ͼ" U+03FE Greek Capital Dotted Lunate Sigma Symbol
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Greek
Script Extensions	Greek
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower