U+0351 "͑" Combining Left Half Ring Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
͑
U+0351 "͑" Combining Left Half Ring Above is a diacritical mark used in phonetic transcription, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) system, to indicate a specific articulatory modification of a base character. It appears as a small, open half circle placed above a letter, typically denoting that the vowel sound is articulated with a slight lip-rounding or a off-glide, often associated with older or specialized phonetic notations for certain languages. This combining character is not commonly found in standard text but serves a precise role in linguistic research and scholarly documentation where detailed phonetic distinctions are necessary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0351 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Combining Left Half Ring 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 0x91 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0351 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000351 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0351 |