U+02D0 "ː" Modifier Letter Triangular Colon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ː
U+02D0 "ː" Modifier Letter Triangular Colon is a typographic symbol used primarily in the International Phonetic Alphabet to indicate a long vowel or consonant, signifying that the preceding sound is held for an extended duration. Its shape resembles two small, horizontally stacked triangles or an elongated colon, distinguishing it from the standard punctuation colon to avoid confusion in phonetic transcription.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+02D0 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Triangular Colon |
| Block | Spacing Modifier Letters |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ː |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ː |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCB 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x02D0 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000002D0 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u02d0 |