U+1AC8 "᫈" Combining Plus Sign Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᫈
U+1AC8 "᫈" Combining Plus Sign Above is a diacritical mark designed to be placed over a base character in a block of text, where it indicates a modification to the letter's meaning, often used in phonetic or linguistic notation to denote a specific articulation such as a raised or added sound quality. This character belongs to the Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block and is intended for use in specialized transcription systems, including those for Slavic or other languages where a small plus sign above a letter conveys a precise phonetic feature. Its design allows it to combine neatly with the preceding character, ensuring it remains a consistent part of the text without altering the baseline.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1AC8 |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Combining Plus Sign 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 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1AC8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001AC8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ac8 |