˥

˥

˥ U+02E5, ˥ MODIFIER LETTER EXTRA-HIGH TONE BAR ← ˤ [U+02E4] Spacing Modifier Letters ˦ → [U+02E6]

Translingual

Symbol

˥

1. (IPA) A symbol representing an (extra-)high (top) 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 symbol occurs in combination with other tone letters, they indicate the pitch contour of the tone. For example, ˥˥ means a level extra-high tone, and ˨˩˦ means one that begins low, then goes extra-low and ends high.

Synonyms

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Related terms

• ˦
• ˧
• ˨
• ˩

See also

• Tone letter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia