U+1DE5 "ᷥ" Combining Latin Small Letter Long S Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᷥ
U+1DE5 "ᷥ" Combining Latin Small Letter Long S is a diacritical mark intended for use in historical or phonetic transcriptions, representing the medieval long s shape (ſ) that once appeared in older typefaces. It is designed to be placed above or combined with a base Latin letter, modifying its sound or indicating a scribal abbreviation rather than standing alone as a independent glyph. This character falls within the Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement block and is primarily of interest to scholars working with early modern manuscripts or specialized linguistic notation systems, where it helps preserve the distinct typographical conventions of pre 19th century texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1DE5 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Combining Latin Small Letter Long S |
| 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 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1DE5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001DE5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1de5 |