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𛱑

duployan letter u

Duployan Letter U

𛱑 is the U vowel in Duployan shorthand, a system first published for quick French writing. Its stroke turns to join the consonant before it. Duployan was later adapted into Chinuk pipa for writing Chinook Jargon and other Indigenous languages in British Columbia; Romanian shorthand gives this glyph a different reading.

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Duployan U · Duployé · Duployan shorthand · French shorthand · Chinuk pipa · Chinook Jargon · Romanian shorthand
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What 𛱑 means

It began as French shorthand, then became a writing system.

Émile Duployé published his French shorthand in 1860 for quick note-taking. In 1890–91, missionary Jean-Marie Le Jeune adapted it for Chinook Jargon and Indigenous languages of interior British Columbia. Chinuk pipa was used for full texts as well as notes.

Why does 𛱑 turn when joined?

The vowel turns to follow the stroke before it.

In Duployan, this vowel rotates to align with the preceding consonant, so a joined form can face differently from the isolated glyph.

What it means when someone sends it to you

2 readings
French Duployan shorthand
𛱑 represents the vowel U.
Romanian shorthand
𛱑 is assigned the reading “en.”

Don't confuse it with

4
𛱔
Duployan Letter U N
shares “duployan”, “letter”, “u”
𛱕
Duployan Letter Long U
shares “duployan”, “letter”, “u”
𛱖
Duployan Letter Romanian U
shares “duployan”, “letter”, “u”
𛱘
Duployan Letter Sloan U
shares “duployan”, “letter”, “u”

Questions people ask

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Why does 𛱑 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.

How to type 𛱑

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1BC51, then Alt+X to get 𛱑.
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 u”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1bc51, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𛱑
CSS
\1BC51
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𛱑
HTML hex
𛱑
CSS content
content: "\1BC51";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%9B%B1%91
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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.

Families this belongs to

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