U+A7FC "ꟼ" Latin Epigraphic Letter Reversed P Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A7FC "ꟼ" Latin Epigraphic Letter Reversed P is a specialized typographic symbol used primarily in epigraphy, the study of ancient inscriptions, to represent a reversed or mirrored form of the Latin letter P. This character appears in classical Roman and early medieval texts where scribes or stone carvers occasionally employed such inverted letters as abbreviations, corrections, or stylistic variants, particularly in inscriptions on monuments and coins. As part of the Latin Extended D block, it serves modern scholars as a precise digital representation for documenting and transcribing these historical texts accurately, ensuring that the unique features of ancient writing systems are preserved in digital form.

General Properties

Code Point U+A7FC
Version Added 5.1
Name Latin Epigraphic Letter Reversed P
Block Latin Extended-D
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ꟼ
HTML Hex Encoding ꟼ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEA 0x9F 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA7FC
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A7FC
C/C++/Java Escape \ua7fc

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
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 OLetter