U+23D2 "⏒" Metrical Long over Short Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⏒
U+23D2 "⏒" Metrical Long over Short is a graphic symbol used primarily in the field of linguistics and phonetics for scansion and metrical notation, particularly in the analysis of poetry and classical verse. It represents a metrical foot where a long syllable is placed over a short syllable, indicating a specific rhythmic pattern within a line. This character is part of the Miscellaneous Technical block of Unicode, designed to provide precise visual representation for scholarly texts discussing prosody. Its simple, abstract design allows it to be easily distinguished from similar metrical symbols, such as the long over long or short over short, ensuring clarity in academic writing about meter and rhythm.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+23D2 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Metrical Long over Short |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⏒ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⏒ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x8F 0x92 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x23D2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000023D2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u23d2 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |