What 𐌗 means
No; its sound depends on the script and period.
In Old Italic, 𐌗 represents /ks/: a k sound followed by s, like the last two sounds in box. In archaic Etruscan inscriptions at Caere and Veii, the X-shaped sign could instead represent /s/ alone.
Greek settlers brought alphabetic writing to Italy in the 8th century BCE, including through colonies on Ischia and at Cumae. Etruscans adapted a western Greek alphabet for their language and nearby communities. The earliest Etruscan inscriptions date to around 700 BCE; that dates the script, not this particular sign's first appearance.
Why did later Etruscan writing drop 𐌗?
Later Etruscan writing dropped it; neighboring scripts kept it.
The archaic Etruscan alphabet was used from the 7th–5th centuries BCE. Its later Neo-Etruscan form, used from the 4th–1st centuries BCE, left 𐌗 out. Oscan, Umbrian, and Faliscan writing retained the sign.
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Who writes 𐌗
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Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
2Why does 𐌗 change shape in different fonts?
Unicode groups several related local alphabets under Old Italic, and their shared letters can have different shapes by language. A font designed for the specific script can match an inscription more closely.
Why do Etruscan texts read right to left?
Unicode displays Old Italic left-to-right by default. Most Etruscan inscriptions from the 7th–6th centuries BCE ran right-to-left, so a digital edition may need its text direction set explicitly.
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How to type or find 𐌗
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- old italic x · etruscan x · ancient x · x letter sound · ks letter · faliscan x · oscan x · umbrian x · diagonal cross · saint andrews cross
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐌗\10317Why is 𐌗 a box on my screen?
fsymbols draws rare signs with its own fonts, so they show here even where your device has none. An app or website without such a font shows an empty box (□) or a question mark instead. Turn our fonts off to see each sign as your device draws it by itself: a box here means a box in your chats and documents too.
Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.