What 𐞺 means
It marks a fricative release in specialized sound notation.
In Western Yugur notation, the modifier sits before a consonant, as in 𐞺C; capital C stands for a consonant. A fricative is a sustained hiss-like sound. The proposal describes [𐞺C] as a fricative release and a variant pronunciation (an allophone) of /ʰC/—a consonant said with a puff of air.
Why was 𐞺 made?
It keeps the fricative separate from ɕ’s affricate value.
The Western Yugur convention extends a pattern where c and č represent affricates: sounds that start with a closure and release into a hiss. It also assigns ɕ to another affricate. Because the International Phonetic Alphabet uses ɕ for a fricative—a sustained hiss—this system uses the full-size curled s 𝼞 and its modifier 𐞺 for the fricative instead.
Published examples of this notation appear in Nugteren and Roos (1998) and in Roos’s 2000 doctoral dissertation on Western Yugur.
What if someone sends 𐞺?
Read it as sound notation; ask for the notation key.
By itself, 𐞺 is a fragment: the surrounding transcription and its key tell you which convention—and sound—it belongs to.
Specialist sound notation: the intended reading depends on the transcription convention.
Check the notation key before reading ɕ by the usual IPA convention.
Who writes 𐞺
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readings𐞺 marks the fricative; this system gives ɕ the affricate reading.
Don't confuse it with
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Combination ideas
1Questions people ask
2Is 𐞺 part of the International Phonetic Alphabet?
No. It belongs to a specialized Western Yugur transcription convention; use it where that notation calls for it.
Why does 𐞺 become 𝼞 in some text processing?
Compatibility normalization can do this: NFKC and NFKD map the modifier to its full-size counterpart 𝼞. If the raised form must stay exact, check which normalization the workflow applies.
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𐞺\107BACodes and encoding1 code points
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