U+A7D3 "ꟓ" Latin Small Letter Double Thorn Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A7D3 "ꟓ" Latin Small Letter Double Thorn is a relatively recent addition to the Unicode Standard, specifically encoded in version 14.0 released in September 2021. It represents a historical typographic ligature used in Early Modern English and other languages, formed by combining two instances of the letter "thorn" (þ, which itself represents the "th" sound). This character was included to support the accurate reproduction of original printed texts, where such ligatures were common in blackletter and early typeface styles. Its primary modern purpose is for scholarly work and digital archiving of historical documents, allowing researchers to faithfully transcribe and display the distinct characters used in centuries-old writings without resorting to visual approximations or separate coding combinations.

General Properties

Code Point U+A7D3
Version Added 14.0
Name Latin Small Letter Double Thorn
Block Latin Extended-D
General Category Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꟓ
HTML Hex Encoding ꟓ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x9F 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA7D3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A7D3
C/C++/Java Escape \ua7d3

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 "꟒" U+A7D2 Latin Capital Letter Double Thorn
Simple Titlecase Code Point "꟒" U+A7D2 Latin Capital Letter Double Thorn
Uppercase Code Point "꟒" U+A7D2 Latin Capital Letter Double Thorn
Titlecase Code Point "꟒" U+A7D2 Latin Capital Letter Double Thorn
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