Ƀ
Letter of the Latin alphabet
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B with stroke (majuscule: Ƀ, minuscule: ƀ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, formed from ⟨B⟩ with the addition of a bar, which can be through either the ascender or the bowl. It is sometimes used as a phonetic symbol to represent the sound [β].[1]
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| B with stroke | |
|---|---|
| Ƀ ƀ | |
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| 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 |
⟨Ƀ⟩ is also a letter of the alphabets of the Rade, Jarai and Mnong languages and the SIL alphabet of the Katu language of Vietnam, the Panamanian spelling of the Northern Embera language, and is used in standardized texts in Old Saxon for [v] as well as in reconstructed forms of Proto-Germanic.
Unicode
The minuscule form has been present in Unicode since version 1 (1991), but the majuscule 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 |
Bitcoin
Before the introduction of the Unicode symbol, ⟨₿⟩ (U+20BF), for the popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin, the symbol for the Thai 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]