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Symbol

 * 1)  a mid floating tone.
 * 2)  a level tone.
 * a high level tone.

Usage notes
The mark is placed before the word or syllable that bears the tone. This use of the symbol has effectively been replaced by and tone diacritics.

Letter

 * 1) high rising tone.

Letter

 * 1) The  of Mandarin Chinese in Zhuyin script.

Usage notes
First tone is not normally written, but may be indicated for clarification.