Unicode Character "ˈ" (U+02C8)

The character ˈ (Modifier Letter Vertical Line) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+02C8. It is encoded in the Spacing Modifier Letters block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ˈ.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Modifier Letter Vertical Line
Unicode Codepoint U+02C8
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Spacing Modifier Letters
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Modifier Letter
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+02C8 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ˈ
HTML (hex) ˈ
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %CB%88
CSS \0002C8
JavaScript, JSON \u02C8
C, C++, Java \u02C8
Python \u02C8
Rust \u{02C8}
Ruby \u02C8

How to type "ˈ"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 2 C 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 2 C 8. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ˈ
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ˈ
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ˈ
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xCB 0x88
UTF-16 (hex) 0x02C8
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000002C8

References