ʅ
See also:
ɿ
and
ɩ
ʅ
U+0285
,
ʅ
LATIN SMALL LETTER SQUAT REVERSED ESH
←
ʄ
[U+0284]
IPA Extensions
ʆ
→
[U+0286]
Translingual
Etymology
Created by Karlgren, from
⟨
ɿ
⟩
plus a retroflex tail, which was originally a detail of italic typeface; Y. R. Chao made the terminal a more pronounced hook to better match the IPA alphabet.
Symbol
ʅ
(
phonetics
)
Used as a
Sinologist
symbol representing an
apical
retroflex
unrounded
vowel
,
[ʐ̩]
.