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

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