U+A713 "꜓" Modifier Letter High Left-Stem Tone Bar Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+A713 "꜓" Modifier Letter High Left-Stem Tone Bar is a diacritical symbol used in linguistic transcription, particularly within the context of the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet. This character represents a specific high tone contour, marked by a vertical bar attached to the left side of the stem, distinguishing it from other tone bars that denote different pitch levels or positions. It is employed by linguists and philologists to accurately transcribe and analyze tonal distinctions in languages, especially those of the Uralic family, such as certain Sami dialects. As a combining modifier, it is typically placed after a base letter to modify its tonal value. The character belongs to the Modifier Tone Letters block and is encoded for use in academic and specialized text where precise phonetic notation is required.

General Properties

Code Point U+A713
Version Added 4.1
Name Modifier Letter High 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 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0xA713
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000A713
C/C++/Java Escape \ua713

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