U+035F "͟" Combining Double Macron Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
͟
U+035F "͟" Combining Double Macron Below is a diacritical mark used in linguistic notation to indicate that two characters beneath it form a digraph or a single phonetic unit, often appearing in transliterations of ancient or medieval texts. This combining mark is placed underneath a sequence of two letters, visually linking them together to signal they should be read as a combined sound, such as in some editions of Sanskrit or Old English manuscripts. It is not commonly used in modern standard writing, but serves a specialized function in scholarly works where precise orthographic or phonetic distinctions are necessary.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+035F |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Combining Double Macron Below |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Double Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ͟ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ͟ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCD 0x9F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x035F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000035F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u035f |