U+1ABD "᪽" Combining Parentheses Below Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1ABD "᪽" Combining Parentheses Below is a diacritical mark used in the Latin script to combine with a preceding base character by appearing directly beneath it, forming a single glyph that indicates a specific phonetic or orthographic modification. It is part of the Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block, and its primary function is to enclose the base character from below with a small, centered parenthesis shape, often employed in linguistic or scholarly transcriptions to denote a reduced, whispered, or secondary articulation. This character does not stand alone but modifies the visual and semantic representation of the base letter, adhering to the standard Unicode combining behavior where it is applied after the base character in text.

General Properties

Code Point U+1ABD
Version Added 7.0
Name Combining Parentheses Below
Block Combining Diacritical Marks Extended
General Category Nonspacing Mark
Canonical Combining Class Below
Bidirectional Class Nonspacing Mark

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ᪽
HTML Hex Encoding ᪽
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE1 0xAA 0xBD
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1ABD
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001ABD
C/C++/Java Escape \u1abd

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Joining Type Transparent
Line Break Combining Mark
Case Ignorable Yes
Script Inherited
Script Extensions Inherited
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Indic Conjunct Break Extend
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Diacritic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Extend Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Extend
Word Break Extend
Sentence Break Extend