U+0347 "͇" Combining Equals Sign Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
͇
U+0347 "͇" Combining Equals Sign Below is a diacritical mark used in phonetic transcription, primarily within the International Phonetic Alphabet and related linguistic systems, where it is placed underneath a base letter to indicate a dental or retracted articulation, signifying that the sound is made with the tongue drawn slightly back or against the upper teeth. It combines visually with a preceding character, such as a consonant, to modify its pronunciation without creating a separate spacing symbol.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0347 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Combining Equals Sign 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 | 0xCD 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0347 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000347 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0347 |