U+0316 "̖" Combining Grave Accent Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0316 "̖" Combining Grave Accent Below is a diacritical mark designed to be applied to a preceding base character, placing a small grave accent beneath it to modify its pronunciation or indicate a specific phonetic tone, such as a low or falling tone in linguistic transcription systems like the International Phonetic Alphabet. It belongs to the category of combining diacritical marks and is commonly used in scholarly contexts for representing languages like certain African or Native American tongues, where it helps distinguish vocal nuances without altering the base letter’s fundamental shape. When rendered correctly in supported fonts, it seamlessly attaches to the character it follows.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0316 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Combining Grave Accent Below |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Non-Spacing Grave Below |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ̖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ̖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCC 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0316 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000316 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0316 |