U+A7B8 "Ꞹ" Latin Capital Letter U with Stroke Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+A7B8 "Ꞹ" Latin Capital Letter U with Stroke is a relatively rare glyph used primarily in historical and linguistic contexts, particularly for the transcription of certain African languages. It consists of the standard uppercase letter U with a horizontal line, or stroke, crossing through its middle, which serves to modify the vowel's phonetic value, often representing a centralized or reduced sound. Introduced as part of the Latin Extended-D block to support orthographic needs, this character helps distinguish specific vowel qualities in written text, though it is not commonly found in everyday typography.
General Properties
Code Point
U+A7B8
Name
Latin Capital Letter U with Stroke
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
Ꞹ
HTML Hex Encoding
Ꞹ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEA 0x9E 0xB8
UTF-16 Encoding
0xA7B8
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000A7B8
C/C++/Java Escape
\ua7b8
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Simple Lowercase Code Point
Lowercase Code Point
Simple Case Folding
Case Folding
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Latin