U+02F5 "˵" Modifier Letter Middle Double Grave Accent Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+02F5 "˵" Modifier Letter Middle Double Grave Accent is a diacritical mark used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and certain linguistic notations to indicate a specific tonal contour or pitch pattern, such as a falling tone that is level in the middle of its range. It is positioned above a base letter and is graphically distinct from the standard double grave accent by being placed at a mid height rather than at the top of the character Typically, it appears in transcriptions of languages like some Chinese dialects or in historical phonetic studies to denote a precise tonal quality. This character is part of the Spacing Modifier Letters block in Unicode, meaning it occupies its own character width and can combine with adjacent characters to modify their pronunciation.

General Properties

Code Point U+02F5
Version Added 4.0
Name Modifier Letter Middle Double 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 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding 0x02F5
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000002F5
C/C++/Java Escape \u02f5

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