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An upward arrow marking a raised pitch register.
Also known as: Upstep arrow, Register raising mark
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a small upward arrow marks upstep: the point at which a speaker's pitch register shifts up, the counterpart of downstep.
Marks an upward shift of the whole pitch register, the counterpart of the downstep mark.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Is considerably rarer than downstep across the world's tone languages, which the chart nonetheless provides for symmetry.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A small arrow pointing upward, placed before the syllable whose register it raises.