What ︢ means
Put ︢ after the first letter and ︣ after the second. In n︢g︣, each half follows its letter, so the double tilde spans both. Alone, ︢ is only the first half.
A 2004 Library of Congress proposal describes the Tagalog double tilde as a mark once used over ng in Latin-script spelling and shows its two-half form in ANSEL, a character set used for MARC library records. The proposal moved new Unicode records to ͠, keeping the halves for defective data that could not be corrected at source.
Use ͠ for new text
Choose ͠ for new text.
Unicode treats half marks as an alternative, generally not recommended way to span two letters. The four-character sequence must put each half beside its base letter: n︢g︣. Omitting or misplacing a half leaves defective data.
Why does ︢ render as a broken mark?
Some fonts leave the halves apart.
A 2018 report on Noto Sans and Noto Serif showed these halves failing to join in those fonts. A valid sequence can therefore look split; check the font used to display the final document.
A specialist legacy form used for older Tagalog spelling and MARC library records.
A lone ︢ is only the first half.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
2
Related characters
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Combination ideas
2ng.ng.Questions people ask
1Why does ︢ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ︢
- Search it as
- fe22 · u+fe22 · double tilde · half tilde · left half tilde · combining half mark · Tagalog double tilde · ANSEL tilde
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
︢\FE22FE22 and press AltX; type the next letter, then FE23 and press AltX.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.