U+037D "ͽ" Greek Small Reversed Dotted Lunate Sigma Symbol Unicode Character

U+037D "ͽ" Greek Small Reversed Dotted Lunate Sigma Symbol is a rare letterform variant used primarily in historical or scholarly contexts to represent a specific epigraphic or textual form of the Greek letter sigma. It belongs to the Greek and Coptic block and is part of a set of lunate sigma symbols that were used in ancient Greek handwriting and inscriptions, particularly in medieval manuscripts or as a stylistic alternative to the standard sigma. The reversed orientation and the dot distinguish it from other sigma forms, serving as a specialized notation for critical editions or linguistic studies when precise differentiation of sigma variants is required.

General Properties

Code Point	U+037D
Version Added	5.0
Name	Greek Small Reversed 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	ͽ
HTML Hex Encoding	ͽ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xCD 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x037D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000037D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u037d

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	"Ͽ" U+03FF Greek Capital Reversed Dotted Lunate Sigma Symbol
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ͽ" U+03FF Greek Capital Reversed Dotted Lunate Sigma Symbol
Uppercase Code Point	"Ͽ" U+03FF Greek Capital Reversed Dotted Lunate Sigma Symbol
Titlecase Code Point	"Ͽ" U+03FF Greek Capital Reversed 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