˩

˩ U+02E9, ˩ MODIFIER LETTER EXTRA-LOW TONE BAR ← ˨ [U+02E8] Spacing Modifier Letters ˪ → [U+02EA]

A staveless variant is obsolescent.

Translingual

Letter

˩

1. (IPA) Low 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 low tone, and ˩˧˩ means one that begins low, rises to mid and ends low.

Synonyms

• ◌̀
• ꜖
• ꜌
• ꜑

Derived terms

• ˧˩
• ˩˧
• ˥˩
• ˩˥

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Related terms

• ˥
• ˦
• ˧
• ˨

See also

• Tone letter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia