U+A74D "ꝍ" Latin Small Letter O with Loop Unicode Character

U+A74D "ꝍ" Latin Small Letter O with Loop is a specialized typographic letter used primarily in historical and medieval manuscript contexts, particularly in Old Norse and Old English orthography where it represented a specific vowel sound or served as a scribal abbreviation. This character features a small loop attached to the top or upper right side of the standard lowercase letter o, distinguishing it from its unmodified counterpart. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows digital representation and study of early European texts, ensuring that scholars and typographers can accurately preserve and reproduce these archaic linguistic forms.

General Properties

Code Point	U+A74D
Version Added	5.1
Name	Latin Small Letter O with Loop
Block	Latin Extended-D
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ꝍ
HTML Hex Encoding	ꝍ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEA 0x9D 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0xA74D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000A74D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ua74d

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	"Ꝍ" U+A74C Latin Capital Letter O with Loop
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ꝍ" U+A74C Latin Capital Letter O with Loop
Uppercase Code Point	"Ꝍ" U+A74C Latin Capital Letter O with Loop
Titlecase Code Point	"Ꝍ" U+A74C Latin Capital Letter O with Loop
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