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𐑲
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The letter 𐑲 makes the sound of the word "eye", and I think it looks quite like an eye in profile.

It is made from an 𐑨 with a sideways 𐑦 on top, because it makes the sounds of those letters run together.

Of course we can use it to write the word "I" as well.

Now you can write:

I𐑲"I", or "eye"
tie𐑑𐑲"tie"
pie𐑐𐑲"pie", or the number π (pi)
rice𐑮𐑲𐑕"rice"
five𐑓𐑲𐑝"five"


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