(minuscule: ) 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 systemLatin script
Typealphabetic
Language of originTanimuca-Retuarã language, Americanist phonetic notation
Sound values[ɸ]
In UnicodeU+1D7D, U+2C63
History
Development
D21
Time period1987 to present
Other
Writing directionLeft-to-Right
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.

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.[1]

P with stroke through descender
P with stroke through descender in Doulos SIL

There is also a P with stroke through descender (minuscule: ) used in the medieval period as a scribal abbreviation for per, par-, por-.

Encoding

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The minuscule form, U+1D7D LATIN SMALL LETTER P WITH STROKE was added to Unicode 4.1 in 2005, while the majuscule U+2C63 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P WITH STROKE was added to version 5.0 in 2006.

Character information
Preview
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P WITH STROKE LATIN SMALL LETTER P WITH STROKE LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P WITH STROKE THROUGH DESCENDER LATIN SMALL LETTER P WITH STROKE THROUGH DESCENDER
Encodings decimal hex dec hex dec hex dec hex
Unicode 11363 U+2C63 7549 U+1D7D 42832 U+A750 42833 U+A751
UTF-8 226 177 163 E2 B1 A3 225 181 189 E1 B5 BD 234 157 144 EA 9D 90 234 157 145 EA 9D 91
Numeric character reference Ᵽ Ᵽ ᵽ ᵽ Ꝑ Ꝑ ꝑ ꝑ

References

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  1. ^ "Potcoin | The Future of the Cannabis Industry". Retrieved 2023-04-28.