U+2E51 "⹑" Cross Patty with Left Crossbar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+2E51 "⹑" Cross Patty with Left Crossbar is a specialized punctuation mark belonging to the Supplemental Punctuation block, designed for use in historical and liturgical texts, particularly in early Slavic manuscripts. This character visually resembles a cross patty, a type of cross with arms that flare outward at the ends, but it is distinguished by a horizontal bar protruding to the left from its center. Its primary function is to serve as a textual notation or a scribal abbreviation marker, indicating specific contextual cues such as corrections, insertions, or annotations within medieval Cyrillic or Glagolitic writings. The inclusion of this character in the Unicode standard ensures that scholars and digital text editors can accurately represent and preserve these ancient orthographic details without relying on visual approximations.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
⹑ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
⹑ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE2 0xB9 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x2E51 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00002E51 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u2e51 |
Unicode Properties