U+A7F9 "ꟹ" Modifier Letter Small Ligature Oe Unicode Character

U+A7F9 "ꟹ" Modifier Letter Small Ligature Oe is a typographic symbol used primarily in historical and phonetic contexts to represent a small, superscripted version of the "œ" ligature, which combines the letters o and e. This character belongs to the Latin Extended-D block and functions as a modifier letter, often employed in medieval manuscript studies and early modern orthographies to indicate a specific diphthong or vowel quality. It serves as a visual mark in transliterations or annotations, helping to denote the reduced or secondary form of the ligature without altering the main text. Its inclusion in Unicode supports accurate digital representation of scholarly texts and linguistic notations that require this specialized character.

General Properties

Code Point	U+A7F9
Version Added	6.1
Name	Modifier Letter Small Ligature Oe
Block	Latin Extended-D
General Category	Modifier Letter
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Super
Decomposition Mapping	"œ" U+0153 Latin Small Ligature Oe

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ꟹ
HTML Hex Encoding	ꟹ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEA 0x9F 0xB9
UTF-16 Encoding	0xA7F9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000A7F9
C/C++/Java Escape	\ua7f9

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Lowercase	Yes
Other Lowercase	Yes
Case Ignorable	Yes
Cased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"œ" U+0153 Latin Small Ligature Oe
NFKC Simple Casefold	"œ" U+0153 Latin Small Ligature Oe
Script	Latin
Script Extensions	Latin
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Start	Yes
XID Start	Yes
ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Diacritic	Yes
Alphabetic	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break	Lower