What 𐞖 means
It modifies a nearby sound in phonetic transcription.
It can mark an added constriction in the mouth or throat, a sound made incompletely, how a sound is released, or a feature at its start. The base sound and transcription determine the exact reading.
Examples from 2008–2011 show that this modifier was in use by then, not when it first appeared. The IPA practice of superscript “small indices”—small markers attached to sounds—is traced to 1949; an example appeared on a chart in 1979. Raised styling can imitate the shape without encoding its role.
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Who writes 𐞖
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Don't confuse it with
2Related characters
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1Questions people ask
1Why does 𐞖 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.
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How to type or find 𐞖
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- IPA · superscript H · pharyngealized click
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐞖\10796Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.