U+02FC "˼" Modifier Letter End Low Tone Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
˼
U+02FC "˼" Modifier Letter End Low Tone is a diacritical mark used in phonetic transcription, typically within the International Phonetic Alphabet or other linguistic notation systems, to indicate a final or end low tone on a preceding syllable. It is classified as a modifier letter and appears as a small raised tilde-like symbol placed after a base character to modify its tonal quality. This character helps linguists and language learners precisely describe the pitch contour of spoken words, especially in tonal languages where such distinctions can change meaning.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+02FC |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Modifier Letter End Low Tone |
| 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 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x02FC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000002FC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u02fc |