U+02C0 "ˀ" Modifier Letter Glottal Stop Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+02C0 "ˀ" Modifier Letter Glottal Stop is a diacritic mark used primarily in phonetic transcription and linguistic notation to represent a glottal stop articulation or to modify the sound of a preceding or following letter. It appears as a small raised question mark without a dot and is often employed in the International Phonetic Alphabet, as well as in the transcription of various languages such as those in the Americas, to indicate a catch in the throat sound. This character serves as a modifier, typically attached to other letters to show that a glottal stop involves a change in the quality of that sound, such as in ejective consonants or creaky voice.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+02C0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Glottal Stop |
| Block | Spacing Modifier Letters |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ˀ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ˀ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCB 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x02C0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000002C0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u02c0 |