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ˉ

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See also: ◌̄

ˉ U+02C9, ˉ
MODIFIER LETTER MACRON
ˈ
[U+02C8]
Spacing Modifier Letters ˊ
[U+02CA]
¯ U+00AF, ¯
MACRON
®
[U+00AE]
Latin-1 Supplement °
[U+00B0]

Translingual

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Symbol

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ˉ

  1. (IPA) a mid floating tone.
  2. (IPA, obsolete, UPA) a level tone.
    (when contrasted with low ˍ or mid ˗) a high level tone.
  3. (poetry) Used to mark a long/stressed syllable in a metrical foot or verse: e.g. ⟨˘ˉ⟩ iamb, ⟨ˉ˘⟩ trochee, ⟨ˉˉ⟩ spondee. Also placed over vowel letters: see ⟨◌̄⟩.

Usage notes

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(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 This use of the symbol has effectively been replaced by Chao tone letters and tone diacritics.

(UPA): The mark is placed after the vowel that bears the tone.

See also

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Lahu

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Letter

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ˉ

  1. high rising tone.

Mandarin

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Letter

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ˉ

  1. The first tone of Mandarin Chinese in Zhuyin script.

Usage notes

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First tone is not normally written, but may be indicated for clarification.

See also

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