Ƽ

Latin letter tone five
Usage
Writing system latin script
Type tone indicator
Language of origin Zhuang languages
Phonetic usage [˧˥]
Unicode value U+01BC U+01BD
History
Development
  • Ƽ
Time period 1957–1986
Other

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 [˧˥]. In 1986 it was replaced by q.

It originates from an alteration of the numeral 5.

Computing codes

CharacterƼƽ
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


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