U+033A "̺" Combining Inverted Bridge Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+033A "̺" Combining Inverted Bridge Below is a diacritical mark used in phonetic transcription, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet, where it is placed beneath a base letter to indicate that a sound is articulated with the tip of the tongue, known as an apical articulation. This combining mark is typically applied to consonants such as s or t to specify a precise point of tongue contact or constriction in the vocal tract. Because it is a combining character, it does not stand alone but is intended to be rendered above or attached to a preceding base character, altering its phonetic value in linguistic analysis and documentation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+033A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Combining Inverted Bridge Below |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Non-Spacing Inverted Bridge 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 0xBA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x033A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000033A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u033a |