Turned h with fishhook

Gentium glyph for ʮ

ʮ (turned h with fishhook) is a symbol used in Sinological phonetic notation for a labialized syllabic fricative. It is often interpreted as a [z] with rounded lips, and treated as vowel-like in a syllable. One possible IPA notation would be [z̩ʷ]. See Obsolete and nonstandard symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet for more information.[1]

Unicode

In Unicode, this letter is encoded at U+02AE ʮ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H WITH FISHHOOK. It has a variant with an additional tail, U+02AF ʯ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED H WITH FISHHOOK AND TAIL.

References

  1. ^ "Unicode Character "ʮ" (U+02AE)". Compart. Oak Brook, IL: Compart AG. 2021. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
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