U+2E1B "⸛" Tilde with Ring Above Unicode Character

U+2E1B "⸛" Tilde with Ring Above is a rare typographic mark that combines a tilde with a small ring diacritic positioned above it, classified within the Supplemental Punctuation block. This character is largely obsolete in modern writing systems, but historically it appeared in certain medieval manuscripts and early printed texts where it served as an abbreviation or scribal shorthand, often indicating a contraction or a specific phonetic nuance. Its usage can be found in scholarly editions of old texts, particularly those involving Latin or vernacular abbreviations, though it is not included in standard modern fonts or keyboards.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2E1B
Version Added	5.1
Name	Tilde with Ring Above
Block	Supplemental Punctuation
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	⸛
HTML Hex Encoding	⸛
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB8 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2E1B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002E1B
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2e1b

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
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Pattern Syntax	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other