| B with stroke | |
|---|---|
| Ƀ ƀ | |
.svg) | |
.svg) | |
| Usage | |
| Writing system | Latin |
| Type | Alphabet |
| Language of origin | Rade language,Jarai language,Mnong language,Kiowa language,Old English language,Old Saxon language,Pilagá language,Slovene language |
| Sound values | |
| In Unicode | U+0243, U+0180 |
| History | |
| Development | |
| Sisters | β |
| Other | |
| Writing direction | Left to right |
| 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. | |
B withstroke (majuscule:Ƀ,minuscule:ƀ) is a letter of theLatin alphabet, formed from ⟨B⟩ with the addition of abar, which can be through either theascender or the bowl. It is used as aphonetic symbol to represent to transcribe the sound[β].[1]
⟨Ƀ⟩ is also a letter of the alphabets of theRade,Jarai andMnong languages and the SIL alphabet of theKatu language ofVietnam, the Panamanian spelling of theNorthern Embera language, and is used in standardized texts inOld Saxon for [v] as well as in reconstructed forms ofProto-Germanic.
Theminuscule form has been present inUnicode since version 1 (1991), but themajuscule form was not added until version 5 (2006).
| Preview | Ƀ | ƀ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B WITH STROKE | LATIN SMALL LETTER B WITH STROKE | ||
| Encodings | decimal | hex | dec | hex |
| Unicode | 579 | U+0243 | 384 | U+0180 |
| UTF-8 | 201 131 | C9 83 | 198 128 | C6 80 |
| Numeric character reference | Ƀ | Ƀ | ƀ | ƀ |
Before the introduction of the Unicode symbol, ⟨₿⟩ (U+20BF), for the popular cryptocurrencyBitcoin, the symbol for theThai baht, ⟨฿⟩ (U+0E3F), had sometimes been used. However, this caused possible confusion with the baht while ⟨Ƀ⟩ had no other uses related to currency. Therefore, ⟨Ƀ⟩ had been proposed as a substitute.[2][3]
