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˅

modifier letter down arrowhead

Modifier Letter Down Arrowhead

The small down arrowhead ˅ marks lowered articulation in phonetic transcription, the written notation for speech sounds. It signals that the relevant mouth parts are positioned lower than for the comparison sound, so here its direction is a sound cue rather than a navigation instruction.

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˅ meaning · down arrowhead · phonetic transcription · lowered articulation
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What ˅ means

˄ is its upward counterpart and marks raised articulation.

Both marks show opposite directions in phonetic notation. The separate mark ˕ specifically indicates vowel lowering or opening, so it has a narrower job.

Don't confuse it with

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˯
Modifier Letter Low Down Arrowhead
shares “arrowhead”, “down”, “letter”, “modifier”
˂
Modifier Letter Left Arrowhead
shares “arrowhead”, “letter”, “modifier”
˃
Modifier Letter Right Arrowhead
shares “arrowhead”, “letter”, “modifier”
˄
Modifier Letter Up Arrowhead
shares “arrowhead”, “letter”, “modifier”

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 02C5, 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 “modifier letter down arrowhead”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 02c5, then Enter or Space.
HTML
˅
CSS
\02C5
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
˅
HTML hex
˅
CSS content
content: "\02C5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%CB%85
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
2
UTF-8 bytes

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

Families this belongs to

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