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᪴

combining triple dot

Combining triple dot

᪴ is a specialist combining mark used in Teuthonista, a system for writing dialect speech phonetically in Germanic and Romance languages, and in Böhmer–Ascoli notation; its reading depends on the base letter and transcription convention. A font without support can leave the dots detached.

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Teuthonista · Böhmer–Ascoli · dialect transcription · phonetic transcription · combining mark · triple dot mark
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What ᪴ means

It marks a dialect letter within specialist phonetic transcription. Teuthonista writes dialect speech by sound, including dialects of Germanic and Romance languages such as German and Italian. The mark also appears in Böhmer–Ascoli notation. Read it with the base letter and transcription convention: those give the mark its value.

The wider Teuthonista and Böhmer–Ascoli traditions grew from dialect transcription systems in the 19th century. The specialist journal Teuthonista gave the system its name in 1924–25. A dialect atlas of Lower Bavaria also uses the mark.

Specialist phonetic notation for dialect transcription.

A font without support may detach the dots or show a missing-glyph box.

Don't confuse it with

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◌⃛
᪴ vs ⃛: they are distinct combining marks; a similar three-dot shape does not make one a substitute for the other.

Questions people ask

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Why 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.

How to type ᪴

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1AB4, then Alt+X to get ᪴.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “combining triple dot”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1ab4, then Enter or Space.
HTML
᪴
CSS
\1AB4
How to type ᪴
Use a Unicode character picker that supports combining marks, then insert it immediately after the base letter. Standing alone, it has no letter to attach to.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
᪴
HTML hex
᪴
CSS content
content: "\1AB4";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E1%AA%B4
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

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