Latin Small Letter Cuatrillo with Comma ꜯ

ꜯ (U+A72F) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.

What it is and where it’s used: Latin Small Letter Cuatrillo with Comma is part of the Symbols family (block: Latin Extended-D). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.

History & usage: LATIN SMALL LETTER CUATRILLO WITH COMMA is a letter in the Latin Extended-D block. It is a small letter with a unique diacritic mark called a comma above a quadra or cuatrillo. In history, such letters emerged to represent sounds not kept by the basic Latin alphabet. They appear in certain language traditions that borrow the Latin script. The character is part of a writing system used by specific communities and regional standards. In practice, people use punctuation marks to shape text and convey tone. The cuatrillo with comma adds a particular sound value when it occurs in words. Its role can be tied to phonetic conventions and orthographic rules of a local language. Usage conventions differ by style and locale. Some editors treat unfamiliar diacritics as characters to be preserved, while others simplify them or replace them in plain text. When it appears, it often signals a formal or minority language context. Writers should follow local style guides for capitalization, spacing, and diacritic handling. Overall, this letter helps capture precise pronunciation and style within its language family.

Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+A72F in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.

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