What 𐞉 means
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An IPA keyboard may also contain this superscript ʥ modifier; confirm that it yields 𐞉, not ʥ or d͡ʑ.
What does 𐞉 mean?
It is a superscript modifier based on the older IPA character ʥ. The full-size ʥ is a ligature, a one-piece sign made from joined letters; it represented a voiced alveolo-palatal affricate: one consonant that starts with a brief closure and releases into a voiced hiss near the ridge behind the upper teeth and the hard palate.
By 1926, IPA charts showed affricate ligatures alongside tie-bar notation. In 2020, a Unicode proposal requested fuller modifier support for IPA letters and mapped 𐞉 to a superscript form of ʥ. In the IPA’s 2026 chart, two symbols joined by a tie bar are an available way to write an affricate; d͡ʑ joins d and ʑ as one consonant.
As a raised modifier, 𐞉 can mark that affricate as a secondary or lightly articulated element; the transcription convention determines the exact reading.
Why does 𐞉 show as a box?
A blank box usually means the font cannot display 𐞉.
A font can support ʥ yet lack 𐞉 because they are separate characters in different Unicode blocks. Use a font that covers the modifier's block.
Specialist phonetic notation; it signals a transcription context.
In ordinary prose, it reads like an unexplained phonetic fragment; use it where superscript notation is intended.
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Who writes 𐞉
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Don't confuse it with
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d͡ʑ A full-size spelling using d and ʑ joined as one consonant; 𐞉 is the raised modifier based on the older ligature.
Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Does 𐞉 show the exact pronunciation?
Not by itself. It marks a superscript role, while the transcription key or author's convention tells you how the writer intends it.
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How to type or find 𐞉
- Search it as
- IPA modifier · superscript ʥ · d-curly-tail-z · IPA 216 · superscript dz · curled dz · alveolo palatal affricate · voiced affricate · phonetic modifier
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐞉\10789Why is 𐞉 a box on my screen?
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Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.