U+0359 "͙" Combining Asterisk Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
͙
U+0359 "͙" Combining Asterisk Below is a diacritical mark designed for use in phonetic transcription and other specialized writing systems, where it is placed underneath a base letter to modify its sound. This combining character, part of the Combining Diacritical Marks block, does not stand alone but instead combines seamlessly with a preceding character to indicate a specific phonetic quality, such as a breathy or murmured articulation. Its visual appearance is a small, star like symbol resembling an asterisk, positioned below the letter to which it is attached, allowing linguists and scholars to represent subtle nuances in spoken language that would otherwise be difficult to convey.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0359 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Combining Asterisk 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 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0359 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000359 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0359 |