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

• aꞏ, eꞏ, iꞏ, oꞏ, uꞏ

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.