IPA Tone Letters in Unicode
In Unicode, the IPA tone letters are encoded as follows:
- U+02E5 ˥ modifier letter extra-high tone bar (HTML:
˥) - U+02E6 ˦ modifier letter high tone bar (HTML:
˦) - U+02E7 ˧ modifier letter mid tone bar (HTML:
˧) - U+02E8 ˨ modifier letter low tone bar (HTML:
˨) - U+02E9 ˩ modifier letter extra-low tone bar (HTML:
˩)
These are combined in sequence for contour tones. Unicode includes other tone letters, such as UPA and extended tone marks for bopomofo (see).
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