U+A706 "꜆" Modifier Letter Chinese Tone Yin Ru Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
꜆
U+A706 "꜆" Modifier Letter Chinese Tone Yin Ru is a typographic symbol used in the phonetic transcription of Chinese languages, specifically representing the "Yin Ru" tone in historical or dialectal notation systems such as the International Phonetic Alphabet extIPA. This character belongs to the "Modifier Tone Letters" block and functions as a diacritic-like mark that indicates a short, checked syllable with a higher register entering tone, often placed after a base character to denote the tone's pronunciation. It is part of a set of tone letters designed to transcribe the tonal variations in Sinitic languages, aiding linguists and scholars in accurately documenting the subtle pitch and syllabic features of Chinese dialects.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A706 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Chinese Tone Yin Ru |
| Block | Modifier Tone Letters |
| General Category | Modifier Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꜆ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꜆ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9C 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA706 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A706 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua706 |
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 |
| Case Ignorable | Yes |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Han Latin |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Diacritic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |