U+A70B "꜋" Modifier Letter Low Dotted Tone Bar Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A70B "꜋" Modifier Letter Low Dotted Tone Bar is a typographic symbol used primarily in linguistic transcription systems to indicate a specific low tone, distinguished by a small dot or mark on the tone bar. It belongs to the Modifier Tone Letters block, which provides characters for representing tonal contours in languages that require precise phonetic notation, often for African or other tonal languages. This character is typically employed in conjunction with other tone letters to denote a low or falling pitch pattern, and its shape resembles a horizontal bar with a dot positioned below or within the line, depending on the font. Its encoding ensures consistent representation across digital texts, aiding scholars and linguists in accurately documenting tonal distinctions that would otherwise be ambiguous with standard punctuation.

General Properties

Code Point U+A70B
Version Added 4.1
Name Modifier Letter Low Dotted Tone Bar
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 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA70B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A70B
C/C++/Java Escape \ua70b

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 Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Diacritic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break Other