U+02BA "ʺ" Modifier Letter Double Prime Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+02BA "ʺ" Modifier Letter Double Prime is a spacing modifier letter used primarily in linguistics and phonetics to denote secondary stress in phonetic transcriptions within the International Phonetic Alphabet, where it appears as a superscript double prime mark placed before a stressed syllable to indicate a lesser degree of emphasis than primary stress. It can also represent a specific diacritic in certain transliteration systems or act as a typographic symbol distinct from the inch or minute symbol.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+02BA |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Double Prime |
| Block | Spacing Modifier Letters |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ʺ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ʺ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCA 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x02BA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000002BA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u02ba |