U+1ADA "" Combining Flat Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1ADA "" Combining Flat Sign is a diacritical mark used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to indicate a lowered or flattened version of a base phonetic sound, altering its pronunciation by suggesting a more open or relaxed articulation than the standard symbol would represent. It is part of the Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block and is designed to be placed directly above or below a preceding base character, allowing linguists to precisely transcribe subtle variations in speech sounds across different languages and dialects.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1ADA |
| Version Added | 17.0 |
| Name | Combining Flat Sign |
| 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 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1ADA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001ADA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1ada |