U+02D9 "˙" Dot Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+02D9 "˙" Dot Above is a combining diacritical mark used in various writing systems to modify the pronunciation or meaning of a base character. In phonetic notation, it can indicate a retracted or centralized articulation, while in certain orthographies, such as those of some Slavic languages, it historically appears above consonants to denote palatalization or specific phonetic distinctions. This character is distinct from the dot used as a punctuation mark or in mathematical notation, as its primary function is as a diacritic that attaches to a preceding letter to alter its sound value.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+02D9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Dot Above |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Spacing Dot Above |
| Block | Spacing Modifier Letters |
| General Category | Modifier Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "SP" U+0020 Space "̇" U+0307 Combining Dot Above |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ˙ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ˙ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCB 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x02D9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000002D9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u02d9 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic) |
| East Asian Width | Ambiguous |
| Case Ignorable | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "SP" U+0020 Space "̇" U+0307 Combining Dot Above |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "SP" U+0020 Space "̇" U+0307 Combining Dot Above |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Bopomofo Latin |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Diacritic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |