U+02F4 "˴" Modifier Letter Middle Grave Accent Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+02F4 "˴" Modifier Letter Middle Grave Accent is a diacritical mark used in phonetic transcription, specifically within the International Phonetic Alphabet and other linguistic notation systems, to indicate a mid-level grave accent that is neither high nor low in pitch, often representing a falling tone or a middle tone contour depending on the language or transcription convention. It functions as a modifier letter, meaning it is intended to be combined with a base character to alter its phonetic value, and its positioning is typically central to avoid collision with other diacritics. This character is part of the Spacing Modifier Letters block, which includes various marks placed above or adjacent to letters to refine pronunciation details without occupying a separate character space.

General Properties

Code Point U+02F4
Version Added 4.0
Name Modifier Letter Middle Grave Accent
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 0xB4
UTF-16 Encoding 0x02F4
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000002F4
C/C++/Java Escape \u02f4

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