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A vertical stem with a mark at the top, for the highest pitch.
Also known as: Chao tone letter five, Top tone bar
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a vertical stem with a short bar at its top denotes the highest of five pitch levels. It is the top level of the Chao tone-letter system.
Denotes the highest of the five pitch levels the alphabet distinguishes for tone.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Belongs to the system devised by Yuen Ren Chao, in which the stem represents the speaker's pitch range and the bar's height marks a level within it.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A tall vertical stem with a short horizontal bar attached at its very top on the left.