U+1DFD "᷽" Combining Almost Equal to Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
᷽
U+1DFD "᷽" Combining Almost Equal to Below is a diacritical mark used in the International Phonetic Alphabet to denote a specific type of phonetic modification, typically indicating a lowered or more open articulation of a vowel or consonant. It appears as a small squiggle placed directly underneath a base letter, modifying its pronunciation to suggest a sound that is almost equal to but slightly below the standard value. This character belongs to the Combining Diacritical Marks Extended block and is intended for use in precise linguistic transcription, where it helps capture subtle variations in speech sounds that standard alphabetic symbols alone cannot convey.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1DFD |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Combining Almost Equal to Below |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks Supplement |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ᷽ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ᷽ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE1 0xB7 0xBD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x1DFD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00001DFD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u1dfd |