Ƅ

Not to be confused with the lowercase letter b, the Cyrillic letter ъ, Ь, or I with bowl.

Ƅ
Ƅ ƅ
Usage
Writing system	Latin script
Type	alphabetic
Language of origin	Bouyei language, Zhuang language
Sound values	[ ˧ ]
In  Unicode	U+0184, U+0185
History
Development	𑁗 𑁬 6 Ƅ ƅ
Time period	1957-1986
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Ƅ (minuscule: ƅ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet used in the Zhuang alphabet and Bouyei alphabet from 1957 to 1986 ^[1] to indicate the sixth tone, mid-level [ ˧ ]. The 'b' shape was chosen for the letter because it resembles the digit '6', and the character represents the sixth tone. In 1986, it was replaced by h.

Computing codes

Character information

Preview	Ƅ		ƅ
Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER TONE SIX		LATIN SMALL LETTER TONE SIX
Encodings	decimal	hex	dec	hex
Unicode	388	U+0184	389	U+0185
UTF-8	198 132	C6 84	198 133	C6 85
Numeric character reference	Ƅ	Ƅ	ƅ	ƅ

See also

• Ƨ ƨ
• Ɜ ɜ
• Ч ч
• Ƽ ƽ

References

1. Zhou, Minglang (2003). Multilingualism in China: The Politics of Writing Reforms for Minority Languages 1949–2002. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. pp. 251–258. ISBN   3-11-017896-6.