Ƽ (minuscule: ƽ) was 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

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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