U+02CB "ˋ" Modifier Letter Grave Accent Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+02CB "ˋ" Modifier Letter Grave Accent is a diacritical mark in the Unicode standard, classified as a modifier letter rather than a combining character, meaning it is intended to be used as a standalone symbol that modifies the phonetic value of a preceding letter. It typically represents a falling tone or a low tone in linguistic transcription systems, such as the International Phonetic Alphabet or various romanization schemes for tonal languages like Chinese or Vietnamese. This character is distinct from the similar-looking combining grave accent (U+0300), as it is a spacing glyph that occupies its own horizontal space and is not automatically attached to a base character.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+02CB |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Grave Accent |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Modifier Letter Grave |
| Block | Spacing Modifier Letters |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ˋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ˋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCB 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x02CB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000002CB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u02cb |