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The standardmost commonly used {{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}} glyph for {{tp|epiku}} ({{UCSUR char|{{codepoint|epiku}}}}), as featured in the {{w|Esperanto}} translation of the book {{pu|en}}, is derived from the glyph for {{tp|[[pona]]}}, with [[emitters]] above.

TheA obsoletepreviously popular glyph for {{tp|epiku}} depicts an arrow pointing upwards ({{sp|1=<span style="font-feature-settings:'cv91';">epiku</span>|font="sitelen seli kiwen asuki"}}), and is now often considered obsolete. It was included in the {{tp|[[linja sike]]}} font,{{citation needed}} and subsequently in version 4.9 of {{tp|[[linja pona]]}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://musilili.net/linja-pona/|title={{tok|linja pona}}|website={{tok|musi lili}}|author=James Flear ({{tok|jan Same}})|access-date=2023-12-09}}</ref> ThisNowadays this glyph is more often usedproscribed, asbecause it looks identical to a directional variant of {{tp|[[ni]]}}, and may cause confusion if used to write {{tp|epiku}}. However, it is still used inby communitiessome groups of speakers, both inside and outside of {{tp|[[ma pona pi toki pona]]}}.<ref name="keli2023-sp"/> Uniquely in the font {{tp|[[linja lipamanka]]}} and {{tp|[[linja suwi]]}}, the glyph for {{tp|epiku}} ({{sp|epiku|font=linja lipamanka}}) is derived from the Awesome Smile, also known as the Epic Smiley.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/awesome-face-epic-smiley|title=Awesome Face / Epic Smiley|website=Know Your Meme|access-date=2024-01-03}}</ref>