U+02FE "˾" Modifier Letter Open Shelf Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+02FE "˾" Modifier Letter Open Shelf is a rare and specialized symbol found within the Spacing Modifier Letters block, designed for use in phonetic transcription to indicate a particular open, shelf-like position or quality of a preceding sound, though it has no standard or widely recognized usage in major romanization systems. It appears as a short, horizontal line or shelf shape, often placed above a base character to modify its articulation. Due to its niche and obscure nature, this glyph is absent from most common fonts and has limited practical application, primarily serving as a placeholder in unicode specification documentation rather than in active linguistic or typographic practice.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+02FE |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Open Shelf |
| 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 0xBE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x02FE |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000002FE |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u02fe |