U+2E4C "⹌" Medieval Comma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2E4C "⹌" Medieval Comma is a specialized punctuation mark used in medieval manuscript studies, primarily for transcribing and editing texts from the Middle Ages. This character represents a distinct comma-like symbol found in historical scripts, where it served to indicate a brief pause or syntactic break, similar in function to a modern comma but often shaped differently, such as a short diagonal stroke or a curved mark. Its inclusion in Unicode facilitates accurate digital reproduction of medieval orthography, allowing scholars to preserve the original scribal conventions without modern alterations.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2E4C |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Medieval Comma |
| 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 0xB9 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2E4C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002E4C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2e4c |