U+A711 "꜑" Modifier Letter Extra-Low Dotted Left-Stem Tone Bar Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A711 "꜑" Modifier Letter Extra-Low Dotted Left-Stem Tone Bar is a specialized diacritical mark used in phonetic transcription, particularly within the context of certain African languages, to represent a specific low-level tone contour with a distinctive dotted left stem. It belongs to the "Modifier Tone Letters" block, which was added to Unicode to support precise tonal notation in linguistic documentation. This character allows linguists and language researchers to indicate an extra-low tone that features a slight break or interruption at the beginning of its articulation, as signified by the dot on the left side of the tone bar. Its use helps in accurately transcribing tonal nuances that are crucial for the phonemic distinction and pronunciation of words in tonal languages, thereby contributing to the preservation and study of linguistic diversity.

General Properties

Code Point U+A711
Version Added 4.1
Name Modifier Letter Extra-Low Dotted Left-Stem 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 0x91
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA711
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A711
C/C++/Java Escape \ua711

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