What 𛰻 means
It means s followed by n. The English Perrault-Duployan adaptation used one sign for the pair by 1918. Duployé and his brother simplified Conen de Prépéan’s earlier French shorthand, as modified by Aimé Paris, for faster writing and easier learning. He published the French system in 1860. Later, Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune adapted it to write Chinook Jargon, a regional trade language, and other Indigenous languages in British Columbia; Kamloops Wawa printed it from 1891 to 1923.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why can the glyph change shape in text?
Duployan strokes connect in running text, and vowel signs can turn or mirror to fit. A character can therefore look different when connected to its neighbors.
How to type 𛰻
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1BC3B, then Alt+X to get 𛰻.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “duployan letter s n”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1bc3b, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𛰻CSS
\1BC3BCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𛰻
HTML hex
𛰻
CSS content
content: "\1BC3B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9B%B0%BB
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.