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ʯ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
ʯ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
ʯ you have here. The definition of the word
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ʯ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
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| ʯ | U+02AF, ʯ
LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H WITH FISHHOOK AND TAIL |
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Translingual
Etymology
- Created by Karlgren, from ⟨ʮ⟩ plus a retroflex tail, which was originally a detail of italic typeface; Y. R. Chao made the tail a more pronounced hook to better match the IPA alphabet.
Symbol
ʯ
- (phonetics) used as Sinologist linguistic symbol representing an apical retroflex rounded vowel
See also
Proposal to add five phonetic characters to the UCS
