What ꡶ means
It closes a clause or sentence in Phags-pa writing.
In Tibetan-style Phags-pa texts, ꡶ marks the terminal pause associated with Tibetan shad །. The script was presented at the Yuan court in 1269 for use across languages; many texts used no punctuation, while some borrowed Mongolian or Chinese marks.
As of 2026, some Phags-pa fonts designed for vertical writing rotate ꡶ in horizontal text; the layout changes, not its punctuation role.
Specialist punctuation for Phags-pa text.
Alone, read it as a script sample.
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Questions people ask
1Why does ꡶ 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.
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How to type or find ꡶
- Also called
- shad · phags-pa shad
- Search it as
- phags-pa · phagspa · punctuation
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
꡶\A876Codes and encoding1 code points
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