What 𐓢 means
It is one Osage consonant, named H+Y in the Nation’s sound guide.
Its Latin transcription is hy; the sequence is a guide to its sound, not two letters inside an Osage word.
Osage writing is older than this alphabet
Latin-based Osage spellings appear by circa 1851, serving Bible translation and study. Standardization began in 2004 because English letter values could steer pronunciation. A distinct alphabet of reshaped Latin forms followed by 2006 and was revised in 2014.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Why does 𐓢 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type 𐓢
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 104E2, then Alt+X to get 𐓢.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “osage small letter hya”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 104e2, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𐓢CSS
\104E2Android
The Osage Nation guide, checked 2026, gives Settings > Languages > Add Keyboard > Osage. Use an Osage-capable font to display it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐓢
HTML hex
𐓢
CSS content
content: "\104E2";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%93%A2
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On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.