U+1DCF "᷏" Combining Zigzag Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᷏
U+1DCF "᷏" Combining Zigzag Below is a diacritical mark used in historical and scholarly text editing, primarily within the field of medieval studies and linguistics, to indicate various textual corrections or annotations in manuscripts. It is designed to be placed beneath a base character, such as a letter, and its distinctive zigzag shape often signifies a deletion, addition, or a specific scribal notation in older writing systems, especially those involving Old English or Latin texts. As part of the Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement block, this character helps modern digital representations accurately encode and display the nuanced editorial markings found in ancient documents, preserving their original meaning and structure.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1DCF |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Combining Zigzag Below |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᷏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᷏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB7 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1DCF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001DCF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1dcf |