U+2E54 "⹔" Medieval Question Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+2E54 "⹔" Medieval Question Mark is a punctuation symbol used primarily in medieval manuscripts to indicate a question, often in Latin and other early European texts. It resembles a stylized, bent or inverted mark, distinct from the modern question mark, and was employed by scribes to denote interrogative clauses or rising intonation in written form. This character was added to the Unicode standard to aid in the accurate digital representation and scholarly study of historical documents, preserving the typographic practices of the medieval period.
General Properties
Code Point
U+2E54
Name
Medieval Question Mark
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
⹔
HTML Hex Encoding
⹔
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0xB9 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2E54
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002E54
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2e54
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common