P with stroke
Ᵽ (minuscule: ᵽ) or "p with stroke" is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from P with the addition of a stroke, usually through the bowl but sometimes through the descender. It is used in some phonetic transcription systems, such as the Americanist phonetic notation, to represent a fricative [ɸ].
| P with stroke | |
|---|---|
| Ᵽ ᵽ | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | alphabetic |
| Language of origin | Tanimuca-Retuarã language, Americanist phonetic notation |
| Phonetic usage | [ɸ] |
| Unicode codepoint | U+1D7D, U+2C63 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Time period | 1987 to present |
| Other | |
In 1987 ᵽ was adopted for writing the Tanimuca-Retuarã language, where it represents either a fricative or a stop depending on the dialect.
PotCoin uses a design of the P with stroke as a symbol of its digital cryptocurrency.
There is also a P with stroke through descender Ꝑ (minuscule: ꝑ) used in the medieval period as a scribal abbreviation for per, par-, por-.
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