˥

Letter

 * 1)  A letter representing a high 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 letter occurs in ligature with other tone letters, they together indicate the of the tone. For example,  means a level high tone, and  means one that begins mid-low, then goes high and ends low.

Synonyms

 * ◌́

Derived terms

 * ˥˧
 * ˧˥
 * ˥˩
 * ˩˥