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A small corner mark showing an unreleased stop.
Also known as: Unreleased mark, Left angle above
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a small raised corner after a consonant marks it as having no audible release: the closure is made but not opened audibly. It transcribes the final consonants of many English words.
Marks the preceding stop as unreleased, the closure formed without an audible opening.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Transcribes the final consonants of English words such as cat and cap in ordinary connected speech, and is contrastive in Korean, Thai and Vietnamese.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A small angular corner mark, two short strokes meeting at a right angle, placed at the upper right of the letter.