Ƽ

Ƽ (minuscule: ƽ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet used in the Zhuang alphabet from 1957 to 1986 to indicate its fifth tone, high-rising [˧˥].[1] In 1986 it was replaced by q.

Latin letter tone five
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
Typetone indicator
Language of originZhuang languages
Phonetic usage[˧˥]
Unicode codepointU+01BC U+01BD
History
Development
  • Ƽ
Time period1957–1986
Other

It originates from an alteration of the numeral 5.

Computing codes

Character information
PreviewƼƽ
Unicode nameLATIN CAPITAL LETTER TONE FIVELATIN SMALL LETTER TONE FIVE
Encodingsdecimalhexdecimalhex
Unicode444U+01BC445U+01BD
UTF-8198 188C6 BC198 189C6 BD
Numeric character referenceƼƼƽƽ

See also

References


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