U+035C "͜" Combining Double Breve Below Unicode Character

U+035C "͜" Combining Double Breve Below is a diacritical mark used in linguistic notation, particularly in the International Phonetic Alphabet, to indicate a ligature or a close connection between two adjacent characters, often signifying that they are pronounced together as a single articulation, such as in affricates or double articulations like the labial-velar stop [k͡p]. It is placed beneath a sequence of two letters to link them visually, distinguishing it from other combining marks that may appear above. This character is part of the Combining Diacritical Marks block and is typically rendered as a small, inverted arc that spans the width of the two base characters it connects.