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modifier letter middle double acute accent

Modifier Letter Middle Double Acute Accent

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In Word, type 02F6 and press AltX; on macOS use Unicode Hex Input, and on Linux GTK press CtrlShiftU before the code. In the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet (UPA), ˶ marks a rising tone on a vowel. Unlike the combining double acute, it occupies its own character position.

Text symbol

What ˶ means

In Word, type 02F6, then press AltX.

On macOS, enable Unicode Hex Input, hold Option, and enter 02F6. In Linux GTK apps, press CtrlShiftU, type 02f6, then press Space or Enter. This UPA rising-tone mark has no dedicated key.

If it looks different, try another font: a font controls the drawing, not which character you entered.

What does ˶ mark in a phonetic transcription?

It marks rising tone in the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet.

The Uralic Phonetic Alphabet (UPA) is a system linguists use to record fine sound distinctions in Uralic, Turkic, and Mongolic languages. In UPA, ˶ follows the vowel whose pitch rises.

Before the 1989 Kiel Convention, IPA material placed ˶ before a word or syllable for emphatic rising intonation. A UPA sample appears in a 1901 work by Setälä, showing the system in print by then; it does not date this exact mark.

Is ˶ the same as the double acute?

No. ˶ occupies its own character position.

The combining double acute attaches to a base letter; the ordinary spacing double acute has a different shape. ˶ is the middle-height phonetic mark.

Specialist phonetic notation: precise in transcription, opaque as a standalone casual message.

Alone, ˶ is not a reliable sign of excitement or a question.

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˝
Double Acute Accent
The ordinary spacing double acute has a different shape; ˶ is the middle-height phonetic mark.
ˊ
Modifier Letter Acute Accent
This modifier acute has one stroke; ˶ has two, at middle height.

The combining double acute attaches to a base letter; ˶ occupies a separate character position.

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.

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How to type or find ˶

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UPA · rising tone mark · IPA intonation mark · phonetic transcription mark · middle double acute · modifier double acute · tonetic mark
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Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 02F6, then AltX 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 middle double acute accent”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 02f6, then Enter or Space.
HTML
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CSS
\02F6
Windows Word
Type 02F6, then press AltX. Select only the code if it follows another hexadecimal character.
macOS
Enable Unicode Hex Input, hold Option, and type 02F6.
Linux GTK
Press CtrlShiftU, release, type 02f6, then press Space or Enter.
Character picker
Use a system character picker to select and insert the mark.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
˶
HTML hex
˶
CSS content
content: "\02F6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%CB%B6
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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.

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