˨

˨ U+02E8, ˨ MODIFIER LETTER LOW TONE BAR ← ˧ [U+02E7] Spacing Modifier Letters ˩ → [U+02E9]

A staveless variant is obsolescent.

Translingual

Letter

˨

1. (IPA) Mid-low tone.

Usage notes

• In the illustrations of the IPA Handbook, this letter may come before a word or syllable to indicate prosodic pitch, and after a word or syllable to indicate lexical tone.
• When this letter occurs in ligature with other tone letters, they together indicate the pitch contour of the tone. For example, ˨ means a level mid-low tone, and ˨˩˧ means one that begins mid-low, drops to low and ends mid.

Synonyms

• ꜕
• ꜋
• ꜐

Derived terms

• ˦˨
• ˨˦

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Related terms

• ˥
• ˦
• ˧
• ˩

See also

• Tone letter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia