U+A7A9 "ꞩ" Latin Small Letter S with Oblique Stroke Unicode Character

U+A7A9 "ꞩ" Latin Small Letter S with Oblique Stroke is a historical typographic variant used primarily in medieval and early modern manuscripts, where it served as an abbreviation marker for the Latin word "sed" meaning "but" or sometimes for the letter "s" in specific scribal contexts. Its shape features a small s with a diagonal stroke cutting through its middle, distinguishing it from standard s forms. This character is encoded in the Unicode Standard's Latin Extended D block, supporting scholarly work in paleography and historical linguistics by preserving the precise orthographic details of older written documents.