U+A797 "ꞗ" Latin Small Letter B with Flourish Unicode Character

U+A797 "ꞗ" Latin Small Letter B with Flourish is a relatively rare typographic symbol used in certain historical and linguistic contexts, most notably as a letter in the Latin-based alphabet for the Middle English language and occasionally in older transcriptions of African languages. Its distinctive appearance features a standard lowercase "b" with an added decorative or calligraphic flourish, often taking the form of a curved loop or tail extending from the bowl or stem. This character was encoded in Unicode 5.1 in 2008 as part of a block dedicated to Latin extended additional characters, serving to preserve and represent non-standard or obsolete orthographic traditions where such a flourish indicated a specific phonetic value or stylistic preference.