What 𐞬 means
It puts [t͡s] in a reduced or added role in transcription.
An affricate is one consonant that begins with a t-like closure and releases into s; [t͡s] is the IPA notation for it. If that sound is inserted between other sounds, it is epenthetic. The raised 𐞬 attaches the sound as a modifier, rather than writing a full consonant.
Why is 𐞬 superscript?
Its raised position carries phonetic modifier meaning.
The IPA archive includes a 1921 chart in this historical sequence; by 1926, a chart explicitly labels ʦ, ʧ, and ʤ as ligatures for affricates.
In 1989, the Kiel revision recommended joining two symbols with a tie bar when needed to show an affricate, as in t͡s. In 2020, the IPA supported a Unicode proposal to encode raised modifiers as separate characters because superscript styling alone does not preserve their role in plain text.
How do I type 𐞬?
Use Unicode input when you need this exact modifier.
In an editor with hexadecimal Unicode input, enter 107AC and run its conversion command; the shortcut depends on your system and app. There is no standard keyboard shortcut for this specialist letter.
Specialist phonetic notation; outside transcription, the raised glyph can look like stray text.
Do not use it for any ts sound: its raised form signals a weak, fleeting, or inserted modifier.
Who writes 𐞬
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Don't confuse it with
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t͡s / t͜s These join separate t and s letters with a tie bar to write the full affricate. 𐞬 is the raised modifier.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𐞬 show as a box?
Your font lacks a glyph for 𐞬. Choose one that includes it; changing the text size will not add the missing character.
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- ts · t-s · affricate · IPA · phonetic · superscript · ligature · t͡s
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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