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 | |
|---|---|
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | tone indicator |
| Language of origin | Zhuang languages |
| Phonetic usage | [˧˥] |
| Unicode codepoint | U+01BC U+01BD |
| History | |
| Development |
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| Time period | 1957–1986 |
| Other | |
It originates from an alteration of the numeral 5.
Computing codes
| Preview | Ƽ | ƽ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER TONE FIVE | LATIN SMALL LETTER TONE FIVE | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 444 | U+01BC | 445 | U+01BD |
| UTF-8 | 198 188 | C6 BC | 198 189 | C6 BD |
| Numeric character reference | Ƽ | Ƽ | ƽ | ƽ |
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