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A tack pointing up beneath a letter, marking a closer sound.
Also known as: Up tack below, Raising mark
In the International Phonetic Alphabet an upward-pointing tack below a letter marks the sound as raised: articulated with a narrower gap than the letter's default. It can turn a vowel letter into a fricative value.
Marks the sound as articulated with a closer constriction than the unmodified letter denotes.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Can shift a value across a manner boundary, raising an approximant to a fricative, which is a larger change than the fronting and backing marks make.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A short vertical stroke meeting a short horizontal stroke at its foot, forming an upward tack beneath the letter.