Duployan Affix High Circle

In French Duployan shorthand, it marks ordinals and the ending -euse.

The Duployan high circle is an affix: a recurring sign beside a word root (its core part) or numeral to shorten the writing. After a French numeral it marks an ordinal, the number's place in a sequence; beside a French root it adds the suffix -euse. The word or number supplies the context.

Émile Duployé published the French shorthand system in 1860; it was especially popular in southern France and nearby French-speaking areas. Adaptations later served other languages. The missionary Le Jeune adapted it for Chinook Jargon, a regional trade language, in the Kamloops Wawa newspaper, whose surviving run dates to 1891–1923. These branches did not give every affix one universal reading.

Why isn't 𛲅 a Romanian grade or percent mark?

Romanian number notation uses separate signs for grades and percentages.

The French readings do not carry across: 𛲅 is not the Romanian grade or percent suffix. That notation uses separate marks, including the degree sign ° and the ring-above mark ˚.

Duployan shapes can change beside neighboring characters, and joined forms may look different. The result depends on the font and application; a Duployan-capable font is part of the setup, and an app may still fail to shape every combination as intended.