U+02C8 "ˈ" Modifier Letter Vertical Line Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ˈ
U+02C8 "ˈ" Modifier Letter Vertical Line is a typographic symbol used primarily in linguistic notation to represent primary stress, indicating the strongest emphasis on the following syllable in words such as "about" /əˈbaʊt/. It belongs to the category of modifier letters, which are designed to alter the pronunciation of a preceding or following character, and it is a single vertical stroke placed before the stressed syllable in phonetic transcriptions like the International Phonetic Alphabet. This character is distinct from similar-looking symbols like the apostrophe or quotation mark, as it has a specific phonetic purpose and prescribed height and form to ensure clarity in scholarly and educational contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+02C8 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Vertical Line |
| Block | Spacing Modifier Letters |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ˈ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ˈ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCB 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x02C8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000002C8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u02c8 |