U+02C7 "ˇ" Caron Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+02C7 "ˇ" Caron is a diacritical mark that resembles an inverted breve, shaped like a small "v" placed above a letter, and it is used in various writing systems to indicate a specific pronunciation, such as the rising tone in Mandarin Chinese pinyin (e.g., "ǎ") or the palatalization of consonants in Slavic languages like Czech and Lithuanian. It also serves as a typographic symbol in phonetic notations, including the International Phonetic Alphabet, where it marks a falling-rising tone, and can function as a standalone character for editorial marks or linguistic annotation in digital text.
General Properties
Code Point
U+02C7
Name
Caron
Unicode 1.0 Name
Modifier Letter Hacek
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
ˇ
HTML Hex Encoding
ˇ
UTF-8 Encoding
0xCB 0x87
UTF-16 Encoding
0x02C7
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000002C7
C/C++/Java Escape
\u02c7
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Bopomofo Latin