U+1DD3 "ᷓ" Combining Latin Small Letter Flattened Open A Above Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ᷓ
U+1DD3 "ᷓ" Combining Latin Small Letter Flattened Open A Above is a combining diacritical mark used primarily in phonetic transcription, particularly in historical or specialized linguistic contexts such as the early development of the International Phonetic Alphabet. This character is designed to be placed above another letter to modify its pronunciation, representing a sound similar to a flattened or lowered version of the open 'a' vowel. It belongs to the Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement block and is intended for use with base characters in Latin script to denote subtle phonetic distinctions, though its application is rare in modern standard orthography.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1DD3 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Combining Latin Small Letter Flattened Open A Above |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᷓ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᷓ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB7 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1DD3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001DD3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1dd3 |