What 𐋄 means
The name “NG” does not settle this letter’s sound.
Carian letter names are modern catalog labels, not pronunciation instructions. The label alone does not confirm that the sign sounded like the “ng” in English “sing.”
Egyptian Carian texts include tomb inscriptions and graffiti; some were left by soldiers serving Egyptian rulers. Bilingual inscriptions—texts in two languages—helped scholars decipher the script. Carian letter shapes resemble Greek, but often carry different sounds; the relationship between the alphabets is debated. In the 5th and 4th centuries BCE, Carian appears on some public inscriptions and coins, while most official texts were Greek. Carian writing then disappears from the record in the Hellenistic period.
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Who writes 𐋄
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐋄 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𐋄
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- carian alphabet · carian script · carian language · carian inscriptions
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐋄\102C4Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.