U+A775 "ꝵ" Latin Small Letter Rum Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꝵ
U+A775 "ꝵ" Latin Small Letter Rum is a historical typographic variant of the Latin letter "r" used in medieval and early modern script, particularly in manuscript abbreviations and orthographies for languages such as Old English, Old Norse, and Latin. It derives from a cursive or insular form of the letter "r", often appearing in contexts where a rounded or simplified shape was preferred, such as in the word "rum" or in the common Latin abbreviation "ꝵ" for "rum" itself. This character is part of the Latin Extended D block in Unicode, enabling its representation in digital text for scholars studying paleography, historical linguistics, and the transcription of ancient documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A775 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Latin Small Letter Rum |
| Block | Latin Extended-D |
| General Category | Lowercase Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꝵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꝵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9D 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA775 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A775 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua775 |