U+02E5 "˥" Modifier Letter Extra-High Tone Bar Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+02E5 "˥" Modifier Letter Extra-High Tone Bar is a typographic symbol used primarily in phonetic transcription, most notably within the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), to represent an extra-high tone level. It belongs to the Spacing Modifier Letters block and appears as a vertical bar aligned with the top of a letter, indicating the highest pitch register in a tone language. This character is visually reproduced as a small, solid rectangle or bar positioned at the top of the letter space, and it is often employed in linguistic descriptions of languages such as Mandarin Chinese, Yoruba, and various other tonal languages to denote a pitch that is higher than a standard high tone. Its use helps ensure precise documentation of tonal distinctions that are crucial for accurate phonetic analysis and language learning.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
˥ |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
˥ |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xCB 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x02E5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x000002E5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u02e5 |
Unicode Properties