U+1AC5 "᫅" Combining Square Brackets Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᫅
U+1AC5 "᫅" Combining Square Brackets Above is a diacritical mark used in the Latin script to modify a base character by placing a pair of small square brackets directly over it, primarily serving in phonetic or linguistic transcription to denote a specific phonetic feature or annotation. As part of the Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block, this character is designed to combine seamlessly with its preceding letter, allowing for precise textual representation in scholarly works without altering the base character's spacing or structure. Its usage is rare but essential for specialized orthographies or linguistic documentation where a visual marker of brackets above a letter is required for clarity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1AC5 |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Combining Square Brackets Above |
| 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 0xAB 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1AC5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001AC5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ac5 |