U+A75C "" Latin Capital Letter Rum Rotunda Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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U+A75C "" Latin Capital Letter Rum Rotunda is a specialized typographic form of the letter R, historically used in medieval Latin and Old Norse manuscripts as a distinct variant often associated with the "r rotunda" glyph shape. This character was employed primarily in scribal abbreviations and orthographic conventions, particularly to represent a short, open, or consonantal r sound in contexts where the standard capital R was not preferred, such as in the word "rūm" (meaning "space" or "room") or in certain decorative or ligature settings. It belongs to the Latin Extended-D block and serves as a valuable resource for paleographers, linguists, and digital typographers seeking to accurately reproduce medieval scripts and textual traditions.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
Ꝝ
HTML Hex Encoding
Ꝝ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEA 0x9D 0x9C
UTF-16 Encoding
0xA75C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000A75C
C/C++/Java Escape
\ua75c