U+1DDF "ᷟ" Combining Latin Letter Small Capital M Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+1DDF "ᷟ" Combining Latin Letter Small Capital M is a diacritical mark used in historical and phonetic transcription, particularly within the context of the Medieval Unicode Font Initiative (MUFI) for representing scribal abbreviations or phonetic nuances in medieval manuscripts. It appears as a small superscript or combining form of the capital M, designed to attach to a preceding base character, such as a vowel or consonant, to indicate a specific modification like nasalization or a shorthand convention. This character is rarely used in modern writing but serves as a specialized tool for scholars digitizing and analyzing ancient texts, ensuring accurate representation of historical orthography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1DDF |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Combining Latin Letter Small Capital M |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᷟ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᷟ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB7 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1DDF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001DDF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ddf |