What ꓮ means
Use a Unicode-capable Lisu input method.
A Lisu keyboard or input method can enter this Lisu A; a Latin-layout A key enters Latin A. If ꓮ appears as a box, choose a font with Lisu coverage.
What does ꓮ mean in Fraser Lisu?
It is the Lisu A vowel in Fraser writing. Fraser, also called Old Lisu, usually places an unwritten glottal stop—a brief closure in the throat—before a vowel that starts a syllable; tone letters follow the syllable.
The script took shape between 1908 and 1914, when Karen preacher Sara Ba Thaw adapted Latin letter shapes; James O. Fraser and Lisu pastors later revised it. A handwritten version is recorded in 1917. Works in Fraser writing include Bible and hymn books as well as primers, dictionaries, songbooks, textbooks, and newspapers.
In China's Lisu autonomous areas, Fraser writing became a government standard in 1983. A newer Latin-based, Pinyin-based orthography has also been especially associated with non-Christian use. A study published in 2023 describes efforts in Thailand to broaden Fraser's image beyond its Christian associations.
A Lisu writing-system letter with a Latin-derived shape.
In Lisu text, Latin A is not interchangeable with ꓮ.
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Who writes ꓮ
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Questions people ask
1Why is ꓮ missing in my font?
The font may lack Lisu coverage. Choose one that supports the Lisu script; this changes how the letter displays, not its identity.
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How to type or find ꓮ
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- Lisu A · Fraser A · Old Lisu A · Lisu vowel · Lisu A keyboard · Lisu A font
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
ꓮ\A4EECodes and encoding1 code points
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