U+02F0 "˰" Modifier Letter Low Up Arrowhead Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+02F0 "˰" Modifier Letter Low Up Arrowhead is a typographic symbol classified as a combining diacritical mark, though it is typically used as a standalone spacing modifier in phonetic and linguistic notation. It graphically represents a small upward-pointing arrowhead positioned at the baseline, distinct from the regular up arrow or other arrowhead modifiers, and it is employed in some transcription systems to indicate a specific phonetic feature such as a rising tone or a light upward intonation. This character belongs to the Spacing Modifier Letters block in Unicode, designed to modify the meaning of adjacent letters without overlapping them, and it is often confused with or used as a substitute for similar arrowhead symbols like the Greek tonos or mathematical arrow operators.

General Properties

Code Point U+02F0
Version Added 4.0
Name Modifier Letter Low Up Arrowhead
Block Spacing Modifier Letters
General Category Modifier Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ˰
HTML Hex Encoding ˰
UTF-8 Encoding 0xCB 0xB0
UTF-16 Encoding 0x02F0
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000002F0
C/C++/Java Escape \u02f0

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Diacritic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break Other