U+02CD "ˍ" Modifier Letter Low Macron Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+02CD "ˍ" Modifier Letter Low Macron is a diacritical mark used in phonetic transcription, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet, to indicate a mid tone on a vowel. It resembles a horizontal line placed below a letter, distinguishing it from the regular macron which marks a long vowel or high tone above. This character is typically combined with a base letter to show a specific tonal contour, most often representing a level mid tone in languages like some African and Asian tonal systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+02CD |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Low Macron |
| Block | Spacing Modifier Letters |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ˍ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ˍ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCB 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x02CD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000002CD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u02cd |