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ʳ

ʳ

ʳ U+02B3, ʳ
MODIFIER LETTER SMALL R
ʲ
[U+02B2]
Spacing Modifier Letters ʴ
[U+02B4]

Translingual

Symbol

ʳ

  1. (IPA) Used as a diacritic to represent:
    1. r-colouring (of a vowel)
    2. an r-offglide

Synonyms

  • (r-coloured vowel): ◌˞

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Letter

ʳ

  1. (nonstandard, proscribed, chiefly where HTML-marking of superscription is unavailable) Used to represent a superscript r.

Usage notes

  • The Unicode Standard recommends against the use of superscript modifier letters to represent stylistically superscript text.

Derived terms

References

  • Julie D. Allen et al. (editors), The Unicode Standard: Version 6.0 – Core Specification (February 2011, Unicode Consortium, ISBN 9781936213016), chapter 7: “European Alphabetic Scripts”, § 7.8: ‘Modifier Letters’, page 229:
    Superscript modifier letters are intended for cases where the letters carry a specific meaning, as in phonetic transcription systems, and are not a substitute for generic styling mechanisms for superscripting of text, as for footnotes, mathematical and chemical expressions, and the like.