U+1ACA "᫊" Combining Double Plus Sign Below Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+1ACA "᫊" Combining Double Plus Sign Below is a combining diacritical mark intended for use in phonetic or orthographic transcription systems, particularly in the context of the International Phonetic Alphabet or similar notations, where it attaches underneath a base character to indicate a specific modification of that character's sound value. This mark consists of two small plus signs placed side by side, typically appearing beneath the base letter to denote a particular articulatory feature, such as advanced tongue root or another nonstandard phonetic quality. It was introduced as part of the Unicode standard to accommodate specialized linguistic requirements, especially for writing systems that need to represent subtle distinctions in speech sounds.

General Properties

Code Point U+1ACA
Version Added 14.0
Name Combining Double Plus Sign 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 0xAB 0x8A
UTF-16 Encoding 0x1ACA
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00001ACA
C/C++/Java Escape \u1aca

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