ꞏ

See also: ˙ [U+02D9 DOT ABOVE], · [U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT], ‧ [U+2027 HYPHENATION POINT], ˑ [U+02D1 MODIFIER LETTER HALF TRIANGULAR COLON], and ⸳ [U+2E33 RAISED DOT]

ꞏ U+A78F, ꞏ
LATIN LETTER SINOLOGICAL DOT
← ꞎ
[U+A78E] 		Latin Extended-D Ꞑ →
[U+A790]

Translingual

Etymology

The middot used as a letter.

Letter

ꞏ

  1. (NAPA) vowel length, used in the alphabets of a number of American languages (e.g. see ⟨aꞏ⟩). A less-common variant is ⟨꞉⟩.
  2. (lexicography) The 'neutral' tone (a toneless syllable) in pinyin, e.g. Mandarin 吗 ·ma, or 知道 zhī·dào (pronounced either zhīdào or zhīdao). The zhuyin equivalent is ⟨˙⟩
  3. Used to transliterate the 'Phags-pa letter ꡖ.

Derived terms

Khoekhoe

Letter

ꞏ

  1. (obsolete) the dental click, modern ⟨ǀ⟩ (Besides plain ⟨ꞏ⟩, it is also used for the dental click consonants ⟨ꞏk ꞏg ꞏn ꞏh ꞏkh ꞏch⟩.)
    See also ꞉, ʼ, ʻ.
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