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A vertical stem with a mark at the foot, for the lowest pitch.
Also known as: Chao tone letter one, Bottom tone bar
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a vertical stem with a short bar at its foot denotes the lowest of five pitch levels, the bottom of the Chao system.
Denotes the lowest of the five pitch levels the alphabet distinguishes for tone.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Completes the five-level scale, which is the maximum number of contrastive level tones any language is known to distinguish.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A tall vertical stem with a short horizontal bar attached on the left at the very foot of the stem.