Ƽ

Latin letter tone five
Latin letter tone five
Ƽ ƽ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	alphabetic
Language of origin	Zhuang languages
Phonetic usage	[˧˥]
Unicode codepoint	U+01BC U+01BD
History
Development	5 Ƽ ƽ;
Time period	1957–1986
Other
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Ƽ (minuscule: ƽ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet used in the Zhuang alphabet from 1957 to 1986 to indicate its fifth tone, high-rising [˧˥].^[1] In 1986 it was replaced by q.

It originates from an alteration of the numeral 5.

Computing codes[edit]

Character information
Preview	Ƽ		ƽ
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER TONE FIVE		LATIN SMALL LETTER TONE FIVE
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	444	U+01BC	445	U+01BD
UTF-8	198 188	C6 BC	198 189	C6 BD
Numeric character reference	Ƽ	Ƽ	ƽ	ƽ

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