U+A772 "ꝲ" Latin Small Letter Lum Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+A772 "ꝲ" Latin Small Letter Lum is a medieval abbreviation glyph used in Latin script. It represents a scribal contraction for the word "lum" or, in some contexts, the syllable "lum" within longer words, functioning as a shorthand device commonly employed in Old English, Middle English, and Old Norse manuscripts. Its distinctive form, resembling a lowercase "p" with a crossbar or loop, allowed scribes to save space and writing time. This character is part of the Latin Extended-D block, which preserves historical and paleographic symbols for scholarly text encoding and digital representation of ancient documents. Though largely obsolete in modern typography, it remains relevant for academic work in philology, manuscript studies, and digital humanities.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
ꝲ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
ꝲ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xEA 0x9D 0xB2 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xA772 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0000A772 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ua772 |
Unicode Properties