˧
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Translingual
Symbol
˧
- (IPA) A symbol representing a mid 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 mid tone, and ˨˩˦ means one that begins low, then goes extra-low and ends high.
Related terms
- ˥
- ˦
- ˨
- ˩
See also
- Tone letter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia