U+0264 "ɤ" Latin Small Letter Rams Horn Unicode Character

U+0264 "ɤ" Latin Small Letter Rams Horn is a phonetic symbol used primarily in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to represent the close-mid back unrounded vowel, a sound found in languages such as Mandarin Chinese and Scottish Gaelic. Its glyph resembles a stylized ram's horn, from which it derives its name, and it is visually distinct from the similar-looking Greek letter gamma. This character is part of the IPA Extensions block in Unicode and is frequently employed in linguistic transcription to denote a specific vowel quality without lip rounding, contrasting with its rounded counterpart represented by the symbol for the close-mid back rounded vowel.