U+A7D7 "ꟗ" Latin Small Letter Middle Scots S Unicode Character

U+A7D7 "ꟗ" Latin Small Letter Middle Scots S is a specialized typographic form used to represent a specific sound or orthographic convention in historical Scots writing, particularly during the Middle Scots period from the 15th to 17th centuries. It resembles a tailed or variant s, distinct from the standard long s or round s, and was employed in certain manuscript and print traditions to denote a voiced or palatalized pronunciation. This character was added to Unicode in version 12.0 to support scholarly transcription and digital preservation of early Scots texts, allowing for more accurate representation of historical linguistic features without relying on visual approximations or incompatible substitutions.

General Properties

Code Point	U+A7D7
Version Added	14.0
Name	Latin Small Letter Middle Scots S
Block	Latin Extended-D
General Category	Lowercase Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ꟗ
HTML Hex Encoding	ꟗ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEA 0x9F 0x97
UTF-16 Encoding	0xA7D7
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000A7D7
C/C++/Java Escape	\ua7d7

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	"Ꟗ" U+A7D6 Latin Capital Letter Middle Scots S
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ꟗ" U+A7D6 Latin Capital Letter Middle Scots S
Uppercase Code Point	"Ꟗ" U+A7D6 Latin Capital Letter Middle Scots S
Titlecase Code Point	"Ꟗ" U+A7D6 Latin Capital Letter Middle Scots S
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