What 𛲇 means
It adds the French ending -ificatif to a root. In Duployan shorthand, this affix is a word part set beside the root, not a standalone letter.
Duployé published the system for writing French quickly in 1860. By 1890, missionary Jean-Marie Le Jeune had adapted it for Chinook Jargon, a trade language of the Pacific Northwest; the Kamloops Wawa newspaper carried that version in 1891. This later use took Duployan beyond French, but this sign still marks the French ending -ificatif.
Why does it look different in different fonts?
Its shape depends on the font and nearby Duployan text. Duployan letters can connect or combine, so the font and neighboring characters can change the displayed shape. This high affix sits beside the root; attached affixes are the ones that touch or cross letters.
A basic Duployan keyboard layout exists, but it is only a starting point; a language-specific layout may omit this sign.
Specialist shorthand: precise in Duployan text, opaque outside it.
A plain tilde is a different character.
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Don't confuse it with
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Questions people ask
1Does “high” mean it joins the letter above it?
No. “High” names its position; this affix sits beside the root. An attached affix is the kind that touches or crosses a letter.
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How to type or find 𛲇
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𛲇\1BC87Codes and encoding1 code points
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