U+02C7 "ˇ" Caron Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+02C7 "ˇ" Caron is a diacritical mark that resembles an inverted breve, shaped like a small "v" placed above a letter, and it is used in various writing systems to indicate a specific pronunciation, such as the rising tone in Mandarin Chinese pinyin (e.g., "ǎ") or the palatalization of consonants in Slavic languages like Czech and Lithuanian. It also serves as a typographic symbol in phonetic notations, including the International Phonetic Alphabet, where it marks a falling-rising tone, and can function as a standalone character for editorial marks or linguistic annotation in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+02C7 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Caron |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Modifier Letter Hacek |
| Block | Spacing Modifier Letters |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ˇ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ˇ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCB 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x02C7 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000002C7 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u02c7 |