U+02CA "ˊ" Modifier Letter Acute Accent Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ˊ
U+02CA "ˊ" Modifier Letter Acute Accent is a diacritical mark used primarily in linguistic and phonetic transcription systems, such as the International Phonetic Alphabet, to indicate a high or rising tone or stress on a preceding syllable or letter. Unlike a standard combining acute accent that attaches directly to a base character, this modifier letter is a spacing character that stands alone as its own distinct glyph, allowing it to be placed with more flexibility in text. Its design resembles a narrow, slanted line rising from left to right, and it is encoded in the Unicode block for Spacing Modifier Letters, reflecting its function as a modifier rather than a standard punctuation or letter.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+02CA |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Acute Accent |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Modifier Letter Acute |
| Block | Spacing Modifier Letters |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ˊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ˊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCB 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x02CA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000002CA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u02ca |