U+A71C "ꜜ" Modifier Letter Raised down Arrow Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ꜜ
U+A71C "ꜜ" Modifier Letter Raised down Arrow is a typographic symbol used primarily in phonetic transcription, particularly within the International Phonetic Alphabet and related notation systems, to indicate a downstep in tone or pitch level. It appears as a small raised arrow pointing downward, placed before or after a syllable to show that the following sound should be pronounced with a lower relative pitch than the preceding one. This character is part of the Latin Extended D block and is distinct from the more common combining down arrow, serving a specific function in linguistic descriptions of tonal languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+A71C |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Modifier Letter Raised down Arrow |
| Block | Modifier Tone Letters |
| General Category | Modifier Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ꜜ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ꜜ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEA 0x9C 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xA71C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000A71C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ua71c |