U+A7F7 "ꟷ" Latin Epigraphic Letter Sideways I Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꟷ
U+A7F7 "ꟷ" Latin Epigraphic Letter Sideways I is a specialized glyph used primarily in the field of epigraphy, the study of ancient inscriptions. Unlike the standard capital letter I, this character is rotated ninety degrees to the left, representing a horizontal stroke found in certain Roman or early medieval texts and carvings. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows digital representation and scholarly analysis of ancient scripts where such a shape was employed, often as a spacing variant or to indicate a specific phonetic value. This sideways form does not denote a distinct sound but rather serves as a paleographic marker for researchers examining the nuances of letterforms in historical documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A7F7 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Latin Epigraphic Letter Sideways I |
| Block | Latin Extended-D |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꟷ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꟷ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9F 0xB7 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA7F7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A7F7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua7f7 |