What 𛰸 means
Read it as the W consonant in whichever Duployan version you’re reading.
Émile Duployé’s French shorthand appeared in 1860 to record speech quickly. Later adaptations changed its sound signs for other languages.
Jean-Marie-Raphaël Le Jeune adapted it in British Columbia as Chinuk pipa, for Chinook Jargon and local Indigenous languages such as Shuswap, Thompson, and Okanagan. From 1891, the Kamloops Wawa paired writing lessons and religious instruction with local news; readers also wrote letters in the script.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does Duployan W look like a hook?
After K or G, this W can appear as a hook or wave in joined writing. The outline changes to connect the strokes; it is still the W consonant.
How to type 𛰸
𛰸\1BC38Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.