What 𐞫 means
It marks a weak or incompletely articulated [t͡ɕ] in IPA.
The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) writes speech sounds. [t͡ɕ] is one consonant: the tongue briefly blocks airflow, then releases it as a hiss near the hard palate. Its technical name is a voiceless alveolo-palatal affricate.
The TC-ligature convention behind ʨ predates this modifier: the International Phonetic Association’s 1949 principles allowed affricates to be written as digraphs, ligatures, or with a linking mark. In 1989, the IPA retired ligatures as official notation and adopted the tie bar; some linguists still used older forms as of 2024.
Why is 𐞫 different from ʨ?
𐞫 is the modifier; ʨ is its full-size ligature counterpart.
Unicode maps this superscript modifier to the full-size ʨ. Its raised position is meaningful, not a font-size effect. Applying superscript formatting to ʨ changes its appearance only; it does not create a modifier character.
Formal transcription writes this sound as t͡ɕ: the tie bar joins t and ɕ to show one affricate. That sequence writes the sound itself; 𐞫 marks it as a modifier.
Specialist phonetic notation; it belongs in a transcription, not as decorative emphasis.
A superscript-styled ʨ is not the modifier 𐞫.
Who writes 𐞫
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Don't confuse it with
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t͡ɕ The tie-bar t͡ɕ is a sequence of t and ɕ joined to mark one affricate; 𐞫 is a single superscript modifier.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𐞫 show as a box?
It can. A font without a glyph for 𐞫 may show a missing-character box or replacement mark. That is a font-coverage issue; the intended character has not changed.
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How to type or find 𐞫
- Search it as
- IPA superscript · IPA modifier · tc digraph · tc ligature · alveolo-palatal affricate · voiceless affricate · ʨ · t͡ɕ
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐞫\107ABCodes and encoding1 code points
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