It's a generic glyph that has many uses.
At 11:37 -0400 2002-04-15, Patrick Andries wrote:
>Why does this character seem to be unified with other characters
>have a similar glyph ?
>
>1) abzüglich (German), med avdrag av (Swedish), piska (Swedish, « whip »)
>
> (what is the meaning of med avdrag av and piska ?)
>
>2) may also be used as a dingbat to indicate correctness
>
>3) used in Finno-Ugric Phonetic Alphabet to indicate a related
>borrowed form with different sound
>
>P. Andries
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