ˉ

See also: ◌̄

ˉ U+02C9, ˉ MODIFIER LETTER MACRON ← ˈ [U+02C8] Spacing Modifier Letters ˊ → [U+02CA]

¯ U+00AF, ¯ MACRON ← ® [U+00AE] Latin-1 Supplement ° → [U+00B0]

Character variations

￣ U+FFE3, ￣ FULLWIDTH MACRON ← ￢ [U+FFE2] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ￤ → [U+FFE4]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• (poetry): ‒

Symbol

ˉ

1. (IPA) a mid floating tone.
2. (IPA, obsolete, UPA) a level tone.

   (when contrasted with low ⟨ˍ⟩ or mid ⟨˗⟩) a high level tone.

3. (poetry) Used to mark a long/stressed syllable in a metrical foot or verse: e.g. ⟨˘ˉ⟩ iamb, ⟨ˉ˘⟩ trochee, ⟨ˉˉ⟩ spondee. Also placed over vowel letters: see ⟨◌̄⟩.

Usage notes

(obsolete IPA): The mark is placed before the word or syllable that bears the tone. This use of the symbol has effectively been replaced by Chao tone letters and tone diacritics.

(UPA): The mark is placed after the vowel that bears the tone.

See also

• ⟨ ˍ ⟩ (low level tone)
• ⟨⟩ (mid level tone)
• ⟨ ˘ ⟩ (short syllable)

Lahu

Letter

ˉ

1. high rising tone.

Mandarin

Letter

ˉ

1. The first tone of Mandarin Chinese in Zhuyin script.

Usage notes

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

See also

• ˊ (“second tone”), ˇ (“third tone”), ˋ (“fourth tone”), ˙ (“neutral tone”)