Spacing Modifier Letters

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Spacing Modifier Letters
RangeU+02B0..U+02FF
(80 code points)
Plane BMP
Scripts Bopomofo (2 char.)
Latin (14 char.)
Common (64 char.)
Major alphabets IPA
Assigned80 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Unicode version history
1.0.0 (1991)57 (+57)
3.0 (1999)63 (+6)
4.0 (2003)80 (+17)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1] [2]

Spacing Modifier Letters is a Unicode block containing characters for the IPA, UPA, and other phonetic transcriptions. Included are the IPA tone marks, and modifiers for aspiration and palatalization. The word spacing indicates that these characters occupy their own horizontal space within a line of text. Its block name in Unicode 1.0 was simply Modifier Letters. [3]

Contents

Character table

CodeGlyph (with x as guide)DecimalDescription
Latin superscript modifier letters
U+02B0ʰModifier Letter Small H
U+02B1ʱModifier Letter Small H with hook
U+02B2ʲModifier Letter Small J
U+02B3ʳModifier Letter Small R
U+02B4ʴModifier Letter Small Turned R
U+02B5ʵModifier Letter Small Turned R with hook
U+02B6ʶModifier Letter Small Capital Inverted R
U+02B7ʷModifier Letter Small W
U+02B8ʸModifier Letter Small Y
Miscellaneous phonetic modifiers
U+02B9ʹ Modifier Letter Prime
U+02BAʺModifier Letter Double Prime
U+02BBʻ Modifier Letter Turned Comma
U+02BCʼ Modifier Letter Apostrophe
U+02BDʽModifier Letter Reversed Comma
U+02BEʾ Modifier Letter Right Half Ring
U+02BFxʿʿ Modifier Letter Left Half Ring
U+02C0ˀModifier Letter Glottal Stop
U+02C1ˁModifier Letter Reversed Glottal Stop
U+02C2˂Modifier Letter Left Arrowhead
U+02C3˃Modifier Letter Right Arrowhead
U+02C4˄Modifier Letter Up Arrowhead
U+02C5˅Modifier Letter Down Arrowhead
U+02C6ˆModifier Letter Circumflex Accent
U+02C7ˇ Caron
U+02C8ˈModifier Letter Vertical Line
U+02C9ˉModifier Letter Macron
U+02CAˊModifier Letter Acute Accent
U+02CBˋModifier Letter Grave Accent
U+02CCˌModifier Letter Low Vertical Line
U+02CDˍModifier Letter Low Macron
U+02CEˎModifier Letter Low Grave Accent
U+02CFˏModifier Letter Low Acute Accent
U+02D0ːModifier Letter Triangular Colon
U+02D1ˑModifier Letter Half Triangular Colon
U+02D2˒Modifier Letter Centered Right Half Ring
U+02D3˓Modifier Letter Centered Left Half Ring
U+02D4˔Modifier Letter Up Tack
U+02D5˕Modifier Letter Down Tack
U+02D6˖Modifier Letter Plus Sign
U+02D7˗Modifier Letter Minus Sign
Spacing clones of diacritics
U+02D8˘ Breve
U+02D9˙Dot Above
U+02DA˚Ring Above
U+02DB˛ Ogonek
U+02DC˜Small Tilde
U+02DD˝Double Acute Accent
Additions based on 1989 IPA
U+02DE˞Modifier Letter Rhotic Hook
U+02DF˟Modifier Letter Cross Accent
U+02E0ˠModifier Letter Small Gamma
U+02E1ˡModifier Letter Small L
U+02E2ˢModifier Letter Small S
U+02E3ˣModifier Letter Small X
U+02E4ˤModifier Letter Small Reversed Glottal Stop
Tone letters
U+02E5˥ Modifier Letter Extra-High Tone Bar
U+02E6˦ Modifier Letter High Tone Bar
U+02E7˧ Modifier Letter Mid Tone Bar
U+02E8˨ Modifier Letter Low Tone Bar
U+02E9˩ Modifier Letter Extra-Low Tone Bar
Extended Bopomofo tone marks
U+02EA˪Extended Bopomofo Yin Departing (for Minnan and Hakka languages)
U+02EB˫Extended Bopomofo Yang Departing (for Minnan and Hakka languages)
IPA modifiers
U+02ECˬModifier Letter Voicing
U+02ED˭Modifier Letter Unaspirated
Other modifier letter
U+02EEˮ Modifier Letter Double Apostrophe
UPA modifiers
U+02EF˯Modifier Letter Low Down Arrowhead
U+02F0˰Modifier Letter Low Up Arrowhead
U+02F1˱Modifier Letter Low Left Arrowhead
U+02F2˲Modifier Letter Low Right Arrowhead
U+02F3˳Modifier Letter Low Ring
U+02F4˴Modifier Letter Middle Grave Accent
U+02F5˵Modifier Letter Middle Double Grave Accent
U+02F6˶Modifier Letter Middle Double Acute Accent
U+02F7˷Modifier Letter Low Tilde
U+02F8˸Modifier Letter Raised Colon
U+02F9˹Modifier Letter Begin High Tone
U+02FA˺Modifier Letter End High Tone
U+02FB˻Modifier Letter Begin Low Tone
U+02FC˼Modifier Letter End Low Tone
U+02FD˽Modifier Letter Shelf
U+02FE˾Modifier Letter Open Shelf
U+02FFx˿˿Modifier Letter Low Left Arrow
CodeGlyphDecimalDescription

Compact table

Spacing Modifier Letters [1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+02Bx ʰ ʱ ʲ ʳ ʴ ʵ ʶ ʷ ʸ ʹ ʺ ʻ ʼ ʽ ʾ ʿ
U+02Cx ˀ ˁ ˂ ˃ ˄ ˅ ˆ ˇ ˈ ˉ ˊ ˋ ˌ ˍ ˎ ˏ
U+02Dx ː ˑ ˒ ˓ ˔ ˕ ˖ ˗ ˘ ˙ ˚ ˛ ˜ ˝ ˞ ˟
U+02Ex ˠ ˡ ˢ ˣ ˤ ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ ˪ ˫ ˬ ˭ ˮ ˯
U+02Fx ˰ ˱ ˲ ˳ ˴ ˵ ˶ ˷ ˸ ˹ ˺ ˻ ˼ ˽ ˾ ˿
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 15.1

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Spacing Modifier Letters block:

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References

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  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  3. "3.8: Block-by-Block Charts" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. version 1.0. Unicode Consortium.