◌̠

◌̠ U+0320, ̠ COMBINING MINUS SIGN BELOW ← ◌̟ [U+031F] Combining Diacritical Marks ◌̡ → [U+0321]

See also: ◌̱ [U+0331 COMBINING MACRON BELOW]

Translingual

Diacritical mark

◌̠

1. (IPA) Indicates retracted articulation.
2. (UPA) Indicates voicelessness.

   E.g. a̠ = ᴀ, b̠ = ʙ, r̠ = ʀ.

Usage notes

• When the base letter descends past the baseline, the spacing diacritic ⟨˗⟩ or a combining minus sign above may be used. Unicode has a combining minus sign above in its pipeline for publication in 2025.

Synonyms

• ⟨˗⟩

Antonyms

• ⟨◌̟⟩

Derived terms

IPA letters with the minus diacritic:

• m̠ n̠ ɲ̠ ŋ̠ ɴ̠
• p̠ b̠ t̠ d̠ c̠ ɟ̠ k̠ ɡ̠ q̠ ɢ̠
• f̠ v̠ ɸ̠ β̠ θ̠ ð̠ s̠ z̠ ʃ̠ ʒ̠ ç̠ ʝ̠ x̠ ɣ̠ χ̠ ʁ̠
• ʙ̠ r̠ ɾ̠ ɹ̠ l̠ ɬ̠ ɮ̠ ʎ̠ ʟ̠ ʀ̠