U+1AC3 "᫃" Combining Left Parenthesis Below Left Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1AC3 "᫃" Combining Left Parenthesis Below Left is a diacritical mark used primarily in phonetic or orthographic notation to attach a small left parenthesis shape directly beneath a base character, typically indicating a specific modification of sound or articulation, such as in some linguistic transcription systems or minority language scripts. It belongs to the Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block and is designed to combine with a preceding character, allowing for precise textual representation in specialized writing systems where a simple baseline parenthesis would be inadequate. This glyph occupies the code point U+1AC3 and is rarely seen in standard typography, but it serves a niche role in academic or document encoding contexts requiring detailed phonetic annotation.

General Properties

Code Point U+1AC3
Version Added 14.0
Name Combining Left Parenthesis Below Left
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 0xAB 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1AC3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001AC3
C/C++/Java Escape \u1ac3

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