U+A76D "ꝭ" Latin Small Letter Is Unicode Character

U+A76D "ꝭ" Latin Small Letter Is is a medieval abbreviation character used in Old English and other early Germanic manuscripts. It specifically represents the Latin conjunction "is" in a contracted form, often functioning as a scribal shorthand to save space on vellum or parchment. This character belongs to the Latin Extended-D block, which focuses on historical and liturgical scripts, and it is no longer used in modern typography or language. Its design typically resembles a small letter "i" followed by a superscript-like "s," visually capturing the abbreviated word it stands for.

General Properties

Code Point	U+A76D
Version Added	5.1
Name	Latin Small Letter Is
Block	Latin Extended-D
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ꝭ
HTML Hex Encoding	ꝭ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEA 0x9D 0xAD
UTF-16 Encoding	0xA76D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000A76D
C/C++/Java Escape	\ua76d

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	"Ꝭ" U+A76C Latin Capital Letter Is
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ꝭ" U+A76C Latin Capital Letter Is
Uppercase Code Point	"Ꝭ" U+A76C Latin Capital Letter Is
Titlecase Code Point	"Ꝭ" U+A76C Latin Capital Letter Is
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