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  • Arabic letter shin

    Script: Arabic

    Name: shin, Latin transcription: sh/š, Pronunciation: [ʃ]

  • Armenian letter toh

    Script: Armenian

    Name: toh, Latin transcription: tʻ, Pronunciation: [tʻ]

  • Avestan letter shha

    Script: Avestan

    Latin transcription: shha

  • Coptic letter shai

    Script: Coptic

    Name: shai, Latin transcription: sh, Pronunciation: [ʃ]

  • Chinese character for character/word/letter

    Writing systems: Chinese, Japanese and Korean

    Latin transcription: zì / ji / ja , Pronunciation: [tŝ] / [ʤi] / [ʤa], Meaning: character, letter, word

  • Devanagari letter cha

    Script: Devanagari

    Latin transcription: cha, Pronunciation: [cʰ]

  • Fraktur letter G

    Script: Fraktur

    Name: uppercase g, Latin equivalent: G

  • Greek letter Psi

    Script: Greek

    Name: Psi, Latin transcription: ps, Pronunciation: [ps]

  • Gujarati letter ja

    Script: Gujarati

    Latin transcription: ja, Pronunciation: [ʤə]

  • Gurmukhi letter la

    Script: Gurmukhi

    Latin transcription: la, Pronunciation: [l]

  • Hebrew letter alef

    Script: Hebrew

    Name: alef, Latin transcription: ˒, Pronunciation: [ʔ/Ø]

  • Irish Uncial g

    Script: Irish Uncial

    Latin equivalent: g

  • Khmer letter tho

    Script: Khmer

    Latin transcription: tho

  • Chinese character for writing, book, etc.

    Writing systems: Chinese, Japanese and Korean

    Latin transcription: shū, ka(ku)/sho, seo/sŏ , Pronunciation: [ʂu], [kaku/ʃo], [sʌ], Meaning: writing, book, to write, letter, document, script

  • Korean word mal (language/speech)

    Script: Korean (Hangeul)

    Latin transcription: mal, Pronunciation: [mal], Meaning: language/speech

  • Mongolian word üge, meaning 'word/speech'

    Script: Mongolian

    Cyrillic: үгэ, Latin: üge, Meaning: word/speech

  • The letter Y in an Old English-style typeface

    Script: Old English

    Latin equivalent: Y

  • Phoenician letter aleph

    Script: Phoenician

    Name: 'ālef, Latin transcription: ', Pronunciation: [ʔ]

  • Sarati letter dh

    Script: Sarati

    Latin transcription: dh, Pronunciation: [ð]

  • Syriac ligature taw-alap

    Script: Syriac

    Name: taw-alap, Latin transcription: ta, Pronunciation: [tʔ]

  • Tagalog letter la

    Script: Tagalog

    Latin transcription: la, Pronunciation: [la]

  • Tai Dam letter ng

    Script: Tai Dam

    Latin transcription: ng, Pronunciation: [ŋ]

  • New Tai Lue letter a

    Script: New Tai Lue

    Latin transcription: a

  • Telugu letter ii

    Script: Telugu

    Latin transcription: ī, Pronunciation: [iː]

  • Tengwar letter calma

    Script: Tengwar

    Name: Calma, Latin transcription: c

  • Thai letter yo ying

    Script: Thai

    Name: yo ying (ญ หญิง), Latin transcription: y/n, Pronunciation: [j/n]

  • Tibetan letter smra

    Script: Tibetan

    Latin transcription: smra, Pronunciation: [má], Meaning: to speak

  • Ugartic letter s2c

    Script: Ugaritic

    Name: delta, Latin transcription: d

  • Vietnamese a with a dipping-rising tone

    Script: Vietnamese

    Description: a with a dipping-rising tone, Pronunciation: [ă]

  • Egyptian Hieroglyphs for writing

    Script: Egyptian Hieroglyphs

    Meaning: writing

  • Runic letter fehu

    Script: Runic

    Name: fehu, Latin transcription: f, Meaning: wealth

  • Cyrillic letter zhe

    Script: Cyrillic

    Name: Жэ / Žė, Latin transcription: ž, Pronunciation: [ʒ]

  • Bengali letter nya

    Script: Bengali

    Latin transcription: ña, Pronunciation: [ɲɔ]

  • Oriya letter bha

    Script: Oriya

    Latin transcription: bha, Pronunciation: [bʱɔ]

  • Tamil letter i

    Script: Tamil

    Latin transcription: i, Pronunciation: [i]

  • Malayalam letter aa

    Script: Malayalam

    Latin transcription: ā, Pronunciation: [aː]

  • Georgian letter čar

    Script: Georgian

    Name: čar, Latin transcription: č, Pronunciation: [ʧʼ]

  • Old Church Slavonic letter jęsŭ

    Script: Old Church Slavonic

    Name: jęsŭ, Latin transcription: ję, Pronunciation: [iɛ̃]

  • Balinese letter ja

    Script: Balinese

    Pronunciation: [ɟʱ, ɟ]

  • Lontara letter ya

    Script: Lontara

    Latin transcription: ya, Pronunciation: [ja]

  • Meroitic hieroglyph for d

    Script: Meroitic

    Latin transcription: d

  • Ethiopic letter ña

    Script: Ethiopic

    Latin transcription: ña, Pronunciation: [ɲa]

  • Mandaic letter pa

    Script: Mandaic

    Name: pa, Latin transcription: p

  • Sabaean letter ṣ

    Script: Sabaean

    Latin transcription: ṣ

  • Etruscan letter th

    Script: Etruscan

    Latin transcription: th

  • Glagolitic letter izhitsa

    Script: Glagolitic

    Name: izhitsa, Latin transcription: ü

  • Naxi Dongba symbol for book/look

    Script: Naxi Dongba script

    Meaning: book/look

  • Ranjana letter om

    Script: Ranjana

    Latin transcription: om

  • Jurchen glyph bithhhe meaning writing

    Script: Jurchen

    Latin transcription: bithhe, Meaning: writing

  • a Tangut/Hsihsia glyph

    Script: Tangut/Hsihsia

  • Jurchen glyph bithhhe meaning writing

    Script: Cherokee

    Latin transcription: dla

  • Carrier symbol for tṣi

    Script: Carrier/Déné

    Latin transcription: tṣi

  • Kpelle symbol for gbɛ

    Script: Kpelle

    Latin transcription: gbɛ

  • Loma symbol for sɛ

    Script: Loma

    Latin transcription: sɛ

  • Omniglot in VEC

    Script: Vertical English Character and Calligraphy (VEC)

    Transliteration: Omniglot

  • Omniglot in VEC

    Script: Harta

    Transliteration: GG

  • Proto Sinaitc letter haw (h)

    Script: Proto-Sinaitic/Proto-Canaanite

    Name: haw, Latin transcription: h

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