D with hook and tail

, (d with hook and tail) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, used in phonetic transcription to represent a voiced retroflex implosive [], though it is not explicitly part of the International Phonetic Alphabet.[1] It is formed from d with the addition of a hook to mark it as implosive, and a tail to mark it as retroflex. It is thus a fusion of ɗ and ɖ.

D with hook and tail
Usage
Writing systemLatin script
Typealphabetic
Language of originInternational Phonetic Alphabet
Phonetic usage[]
Unicode codepointU+1d91
History
Development
Other

Computer encoding

was added to Unicode with version 4.1 in 2005, but very few fonts display it.

Character information
Preview
Unicode name LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH HOOK AND TAIL
Encodingsdecimalhex
Unicode7569U+1D91
UTF-8225 182 145E1 B6 91
Numeric character referenceᶑᶑ

There is no standard Unicode encoding for the capital form. However, SIL fonts such as Gentium Plus, Doulos SIL and Charis SIL have U+F20D in their private-use areas as the capital form of . Alternatively, combining characters can also represent the uppercase ᶑ (like Ɗ̢).

References

  1. "Unicode Character "ᶑ" (U+1D91)". Compart. Oak Brook, IL: Compart AG. 2021. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
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