˥


˥ U+02E5, ˥
MODIFIER LETTER EXTRA-HIGH TONE BAR
ˤ
[U+02E4]
Spacing Modifier Letters ˦
[U+02E6]

Translingual

Letter

˥

  1. (IPA) A letter representing a high 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 high tone, and ˧˥˩ means one that begins mid-low, then goes high and ends low.

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