Half Rings
Half rings also exist as diacritic marks, these are characters U+0351 ◌͑ combining left half ring above and U+0357 ◌͗ combining left half ring below. These characters may be used in the International Phonetic Alphabet, denoting roundedness. They are here given with the lowercase a: a͑ and a͗.
Other, similar signs are in use in Armenian: the U+0559 ◌ՙ left half ring above, and the Armenian comma or U+055A ◌՚ right half ring above.
The ring as a diacritic mark should not be confused with the dot above or comma above diacritic marks, with the combing o above U+0366 ◌ͦ combining latin small letter o, or with the degree sign °.
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Famous quotes containing the word rings:
“The next time the novelist rings the bell I will not stir though the meeting-house burn down.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“You held my hand
and were instant to explain
the three rings of danger.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)