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A dotless j with a crossbar and a hook.
Also known as: ʄ, Dotless j with stroke and hook, Hooktop barred dotless j
In the International Phonetic Alphabet this letter denotes a voiced palatal implosive, made with the tongue body against the hard palate and air drawn inward. It occurs in Sindhi and several West African languages.
Denotes a voiced palatal implosive, combining the palatal closure with an inward-drawn airstream.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Occurs in Sindhi, Fula and Swahili, and is written with the same leftward hook that marks the other implosives.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A letter j without its dot, crossed by a short bar and curving over to the left at the top in a small arc.