What ˕ means
Its effect depends on what it follows.
After a vowel it marks a more open vowel. After a consonant it marks less constriction; that may produce an approximant, a consonant made with a relatively open narrowing in the mouth.
A specialist mark for showing a pronunciation adjustment in phonetic transcription.
Part of the collection
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsMore open vowel.
Don't confuse it with
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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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Collections with ˕
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How to type or find ˕
- Also called
- down tack
- Search it as
- IPA · lowered vowel symbol · phonetic diacritic · lowering mark
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
˕CSS
\02D5Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
˕
HTML hex
˕
CSS content
content: "\02D5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%CB%95
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
2
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.