ɿ

See also: ℩ and ʅ

ɿ U+027F, ɿ LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED R WITH FISHHOOK ← ɾ [U+027E] IPA Extensions ʀ → [U+0280]

Translingual

Etymology

• The Dania and Swedish dialect letter long i (dotless i with a descender), without the bottom terminal that is normal in italic typeface. Karlgren split the letter into two, with and without the bottom terminal, for Sinological use (see ⟨ʅ⟩). Karlgren also added a t-like terminal at the top for Sinological use; Y. R. Chao made the terminal a more pronounced hook to better match the IPA alphabet.

In some fonts the descender is missing so that the letter resembles a reversed fishhook r ⟨ɾ⟩, though the two letters have no etymological connection. In other fonts the whole letter is raised so that it lies on the baseline and has an ascender rather than a descender.

Symbol

ɿ

1. (phonetics) An apical vowel pronounced with friction: a nonstandard transcription of syllabic /z/, hence [z̩], used in transcribing various Sino-Tibetan languages.

Derived terms

• ʅ

Miyako

Letter

ɿ

1. a letter used in the Romanisation:
   1. of ㇲ

      欠伸 あふつㇲ (afutsɿ, “yawn”) —

      月 つㇲくㇲ (tskɿ, “moon”) —

      薬 ふすㇲ (fusuɿ, “drug”) —

   2. of ㇲ゙

      ㇲ゙ざら (ɿzara, “sickle”) —

      肘 ぴづㇲ゙ (pidzɿ, “elbow”) —

   3. of ㇽ

      ぱびㇽ (pabiɿ, “butterfly”) [also ⟨pabiz̩⟩, ⟨pabiɭ ⟩] —