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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]

U+A78F, ꞏ
LATIN LETTER SINOLOGICAL DOT

[U+A78E]
Latin Extended-D
[U+A790]

Translingual

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Etymology

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The middot used as a letter.

Letter

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  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 ·ma, or 知道 zhī·dào (pronounced either zhīdào or zhīdao). The zhuyin equivalent is ⟨˙⟩
  3. Used to transliterate the 'Phags-pa letter .

Derived terms

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Khoekhoe

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Letter

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  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.