U+1EFD "ỽ" Latin Small Letter Middle-Welsh V Unicode Character

U+1EFD "ỽ" Latin Small Letter Middle-Welsh V is a specialized glyph used in the orthography of Middle Welsh, a historical stage of the Welsh language from roughly the 12th to the 14th centuries. This character represents a distinct phonetic variant of the letter V, often transcribed as a bilabial fricative or approximant sound, and appears in medieval Welsh manuscripts, where it was employed alongside other unique letters like the Middle Welsh "ẟ" for distinct consonantal values. Its inclusion in Unicode helps scholars accurately reproduce and study medieval texts, ensuring the preservation of this historical script in digital formats.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1EFD
Version Added	5.1
Name	Latin Small Letter Middle-Welsh V
Block	Latin Extended Additional
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ỽ
HTML Hex Encoding	ỽ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE1 0xBB 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding	0x1EFD
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00001EFD
C/C++/Java Escape	\u1efd

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	"Ỽ" U+1EFC Latin Capital Letter Middle-Welsh V
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ỽ" U+1EFC Latin Capital Letter Middle-Welsh V
Uppercase Code Point	"Ỽ" U+1EFC Latin Capital Letter Middle-Welsh V
Titlecase Code Point	"Ỽ" U+1EFC Latin Capital Letter Middle-Welsh V
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
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