◌̍

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COMBINING VERTICAL LINE ABOVE
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Combining Diacritical Marks ◌̎
See also: ◌̩

Translingual

Diacritical mark

◌̍

  1. (phonetics) The higher of two mid tones in the transcription of a language with four or six pitch levels. Contrasts with the macron ⟨◌̄⟩ for the lower mid tone.
  2. (phonetics) Used to mark mid tone when the macron is used for vowel length.
  3. (IPA) Marks syllabicity on a letter with a descender, such as ⟨ŋ̍⟩. Compare the default syllabicity diacritic ⟨◌̩⟩.
  4. (Lithuanian dialectology) Marks a stressed syllable with unspecified tone.

Synonyms

Hokkien

Diacritical mark

◌̍

Represents the eighth tone of Taiwanese Hokkien in Pe̍h-ōe-jī.

Marshallese

Diacritical mark

◌̍

  1. (obsolete) Used in an old orthography to create the letters , , , .