U+FE2B "︫" Combining Macron Left Half Below Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FE2B "︫" Combining Macron Left Half Below is a diacritical mark designed for use in precise phonetic or orthographic notation, where it appears beneath a base character to indicate a modified pronunciation or tone. As a combining character, it does not stand alone but attaches to the preceding character, representing only the left half of a macron, which allows it to be paired with a matching right half or other marks to form a complete or segmented tonal or length indicator. This character is part of the Combining Half Marks block, which provides specialized tools for scholarly text rendering, particularly in linguistic or academic contexts where subtle distinctions in vowel length or pitch must be visually represented.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FE2B |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Combining Macron Left Half Below |
| Block | Combining Half Marks |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Below |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ︫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ︫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB8 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFE2B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FE2B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufe2b |