U+030F "̏" Combining Double Grave Accent Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+030F "̏" Combining Double Grave Accent is a diacritical mark used in various writing systems to modify a base character's pronunciation or tone, most notably in certain Slavic languages such as Serbian and Croatian where it indicates a specific kind of short falling tone. This combining character is placed directly above the preceding letter in a text, seamlessly integrating with it to alter its phonetic value without adding any additional spacing. Its primary function in linguistic transcription and orthography is to provide precise tonal information that distinguishes word meanings in languages that utilize pitch accent.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+030F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Combining Double Grave Accent |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Non-Spacing Double Grave |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ̏ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ̏ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCC 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x030F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000030F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u030f |