U+1AB3 "᪳" Combining Downwards Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᪳
U+1AB3 "᪳" Combining Downwards Arrow is a diacritical mark used in the Universal Phonetic Alphabet and other linguistic notations to indicate a lowering or downward movement in tone or articulation. It is designed to be placed above a base character, modifying its pronunciation or phonetic quality. As part of the Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block, this character is intended for specialized textual transcription rather than general writing. It is not commonly found in everyday text but serves a specific role in precise phonetic representation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1AB3 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Combining Downwards Arrow |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks Extended |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᪳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᪳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xAA 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1AB3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001AB3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ab3 |