ˋ

See also: ` [U+0060 GRAVE ACCENT], ◌̀ [U+0300 COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT], and ՝ [U+055D ARMENIAN COMMA]

ˋ U+02CB, ˋ MODIFIER LETTER GRAVE ACCENT ← ˊ [U+02CA] Spacing Modifier Letters ˌ → [U+02CC]

Translingual

Symbol

ˋ

1. (IPA) a low floating tone
2. (IPA, obsolete) a falling tone

   (IPA, when contrasted with mid ⟨˴⟩ or low ⟨ˎ⟩) a high falling tone

Usage notes

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 This use of the symbol has effectively been replaced by Chao tone letters and tone diacritics.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

• ⟨˴⟩ (mid falling tone)
• ⟨ˎ⟩ (low falling tone)

Hokkien

Diacritical mark

ˋ

1. (Taiwanese Phonetic Symbols) second tone (上聲 / 上声).

Mandarin

Letter

ˋ

1. The fourth tone (第四聲 / 第四声) of Mandarin Chinese in Zhuyin script, the 去聲 / 去声 (qùshēng, “departing tone”).

See also

• ˊ (“second tone”), ˇ (“third tone”), ˙ (“neutral tone”)

Nawdm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /◌̀/

Diacritical mark

ˋ

1. A tone diacritic of the Nawdm alphabet. Tone is usually only written for pronouns. Although the acute is placed over vowel letters, as in the pronoun ɦà, it appears after the consonant letter in the pronouns bˋ, dˋ, lˋ, mˋ, nˋ, tˋ, vˋ.

   Coordinate term: ˊ

Pronoun

ˋ

1. thou (2sg. subject)

Usage notes

In subject position, the pronoun vˋ may be reduced to its tone.