ˊ

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See also: ´ [U+00B4 ACUTE ACCENT], ʹ [U+02B9 MODIFIER LETTER PRIME], and ◌́ [U+0301 COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT]

ˊ U+02CA, ˊ
MODIFIER LETTER ACUTE ACCENT
ˉ
[U+02C9]
Spacing Modifier Letters ˋ
[U+02CB]

Translingual[edit]

Symbol[edit]

ˊ

  1. (IPA) a high floating tone.
  2. (IPA, obsolete) a rising tone.
    (when contrasted with low ˏ) a high rising tone.

Usage notes[edit]

(obsolete IPA): The mark is placed before the word or syllable that bears the tone. This use of the symbol has effectively been replaced by Chao tone letters and tone diacritics.

See also[edit]

Hokkien[edit]

Diacritical mark[edit]

ˊ

  1. (Taiwanese Phonetic Symbols) fifth tone (陽平阳平 (yángpíng)).

Mandarin[edit]

Letter[edit]

ˊ

  1. The second tone (第二聲第二声) of Mandarin Chinese in Zhuyin script, the 陽平阳平 (yángpíng shēng, light level tone).

See also[edit]

  • ˇ (third tone), ˋ (fourth tone), ˙ (neutral tone)

Skolt Sami[edit]

Letter[edit]

ˊ

  1. Alternative form of ʹ

See also[edit]