U+034C "͌" Combining Almost Equal to Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
͌
U+034C "͌" Combining Almost Equal to Above is a combining diacritical mark used in certain phonetic transcription systems, most notably within the context of the International Phonetic Alphabet or its extensions, where it is applied above a base letter to indicate a specific modification of that letter's sound, such as a type of phonation or a particular resonance quality. When placed over a character, this mark resembles a wavy double tilde or a pair of superimposed horizontal wavy lines, signaling a modification that is close to but not exactly a standard equal sign, often related to a laryngealized or creaky voice articulation in vocalic or consonantal sounds.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+034C |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | Combining Almost Equal to Above |
| 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 | 0xCD 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x034C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000034C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u034c |