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| D with dot below | |
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| Ḍ ḍ | |
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| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin script |
| Type | alphabetic |
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| History | |
| Transliterations | ڈ |
| This article containsphonetic transcriptions in theInternational Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, seeHelp:IPA. For the distinction between[ ],/ / and ⟨ ⟩, seeIPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. | |
Ḍ (minuscule:ḍ) is a letter of theLatin alphabet, formed fromD with the addition of adot diacritic.[1]
In thetranscription ofAfro-Asiatic languages such asArabic, ⟨ḍ⟩ represents an "emphatic" consonant[dˤ], and is used for that purpose in theBerber Latin alphabet.
In the transcription ofIndic andEast Iranian languages, and in theorthography of theO'odham andSicilian languages, ⟨ḍ⟩ represents a retroflex[ɖ]. This was used in a former transcription ofJavanese, but has been replaced by ⟨dh⟩.
| Preview | Ḍ | ḍ | ||
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| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH DOT BELOW | LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH DOT BELOW | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 7692 | U+1E0C | 7693 | U+1E0D |
| UTF-8 | 225 184 140 | E1 B8 8C | 225 184 141 | E1 B8 8D |
| Numeric character reference | Ḍ | Ḍ | ḍ | ḍ |
