What 𛰋 means
It is a Duployan consonant whose role changes by writing system.
Émile Duployé published the original system as French stenographic shorthand—a way to record speech quickly—in 1860. Later adaptations served English, German, Spanish, Romanian, and the Chinook writing tradition of interior British Columbia. The Kamloops Wawa, published 1891–1923, is its major surviving record. In Chinook writing 𛰋 can mean number five; in French number notation it marks milliards, or thousands of millions; in Pernin it can stand for L or mark a reporter’s word-repeat.
Why does 𛰋 look different?
Its appearance can change with context and font support. Duployan letters normally join, and sequences can combine or overlap, so a letter shown alone may look different in running text.
An arrow beside 𛰋 in some Unicode charts indicates how to draw the stroke; it is not part of the character. If 𛰋 appears as a box, the font or app may lack Duployan support.
Technical and archival; in an ordinary message, it reads as a sample of Duployan writing.
Check the writing system before reading it as R.
What it means when someone sends it to you
5 readingsDon't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 𛰋 appear as a box?
It appears as a box when the font or app cannot display Duployan. Faithful running text also needs support for joined-letter shaping.
How to type 𛰋
𛰋\1BC0BCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.