What ͇ means
Place it immediately after the base letter.
In an extIPA transcription, put this IPA diacritic after the letter for the sound. In JSON, JavaScript, or Java, write \u0347 after the base character; in HTML, write ͇ after it.
A combining mark has no spacing position of its own. Without a base, some fonts show a dotted circle to mark where it would attach; the circle is a display aid, not part of . Fonts and shaping software control its size and placement. A standards comment corrected its reference width in 2007 relative to the combining minus sign, another mark placed below a character.
What does mean in phonetic writing?
The base letter and notation system set its reading.
A coronal consonant is made with the tongue tip or blade. In extIPA, after one specifies an alveolar place: the ridge just behind the upper teeth. After a consonant made with the lips, it can mark alveolarization: extra tongue contact at that ridge.
A subgroup of the International Phonetic Association was formed at its 1989 Kiel Convention to improve transcription of disordered speech. Its report appeared as the extIPA set in 1990, giving clinicians notation for fine articulatory detail.
Specialist phonetic notation; its reading depends on the base letter and transcription system.
Despite its name, is not ; use ordinary for equality.
Part of the collection
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsIn extIPA, the mark specifies an alveolar place.
Don't confuse it with
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The combining double low line is a two-line underline mark; ◌͇ is a phonetic diacritic.
Questions people ask
2Does mean the same thing in extIPA and PHOIBLE?
No. As of 2026, PHOIBLE's published conventions use it for the non-sibilant member of a coronal fricative or affricate contrast. Non-sibilants lack the strong hiss associated with sibilants.
Why does show a dotted circle?
The dotted circle is a display aid showing where a combining character attaches; it is not part of .
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How to type or find ͇
- Search it as
- U+0347 · extIPA · IPA diacritic · PHOIBLE · alveolarization · alveolarized · non-sibilant
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
͇\0347\u0347 immediately after the base character.͇ after the base character.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.