˭

See also: Appendix:Variations of "="

˭ U+02ED, ˭ MODIFIER LETTER UNASPIRATED ← ˬ [U+02EC] Spacing Modifier Letters ˮ → [U+02EE]

Translingual

Symbol

˭

1. (extIPA) Tenuis; a symbol for overtly indicating lack of aspiration.
2. a released but non-aspirated consonant, as [ˈæp̚t˭] phor English apt.

   Synonym: ˚

   Antonym: ◌̚

Usage notes

In speech pathology, this diacritic is used to indicate that a consonant is not aspirated when the target pronunciation is, for example in [ˈk˭ɪt] for the English word "kit," which is normally aspirated [ˈkʰɪt]. (The aspiration of English words is not usually transcribed.)

It has also been used in linguistic field notes and dictionaries to show that a consonant has been confirmed to be unaspirated. In such cases, words transcribed as ⟨ak˭a⟩ and ⟨akʰa⟩ are known to differ, but in one transcribed ⟨aka⟩ the aspiration is unknown.

Usage dates back at least to John Wells (1982) Accents of English I, CUP.