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Special Characters

The following set of special Unicode characters are used to mark CA features in the CLAN editor:

Special Characters:

	Character Name	Char	Function	F1 +	Unicode
1	up-arrow	↑	shift to high pitch	up arrow	2191
2	down-arrow	↓	shift to low pitch	down arrow	2193
3	double arrow tilted up	⇗	rising to high (?)	1	21D7
4	single arrow tilted up	↗	rising to mid (¿)	2	2197
5	level arrow	→	level (,)	3	2192
6	single arrow tilted down	↘	falling to mid (;)	4	2198
7	double arrow tilted down	⇘	falling to low (.)	5	21D8
8	infinity mark	∞	unmarked ending	6	221E
9	+double wavy equals	≋	+≋ continuation between TCU	+	224B
10	triple equal	≡	≡ continuation within TCU	u	2261
11	raised period	∙	inhalation	.	2219
12	open bracket top	⌈	top begin overlap	[	2308
13	close bracket top	⌉	top end overlap	]	2309
14	open bracket bottom	⌊	bottom begin overlap	shift [	230A
15	closed bracket bottom	⌋	bottom end overlap	shift ]	230B
16	up triangle	∆	∆faster∆ "> <"	right arrow	2206
17	down triangle	∇	∇slower∇ "< >"	left arrow	2207
18	low asterisk	⁎	⁎creaky⁎	*	204E
19	double question mark	⁇	⁇unsure⁇	/	2047
20	degree sign	°	°softer°	zero	00B0
21	fisheye	◉	◉louder◉	)	25C9
22	low bar	▁	▁low pitch▁	d	2581
23	high bar	▔	▔high pitch▔	h	2594
24	smiley	☺	☺smile voice☺	l	263A
25	breathy	♋	♋breathy♋	b	264B
26	double integral	∬	∬whisper∬	w	222C
27	upsilon with dialytika	Ϋ	Ϋ yawn Ϋ	y	03AB
28	clockwise contour integral	∲	∲ singing ∲	s	222E
29	section marker	§	§precise§	p	00A7
30	tilde	∾	constriction∾	n	223E
31	half circle	↻	↻pitch reset	r	21BB
32	capital H with dasia	Ἡ	laugh in a word	c	1F29
33	right pointing arrow	⤇	hurried start of word	q	2907
34	left pointing arrow	⤆	sudden stop of word	x	2906
35	double asterisk	⁑	hardening of a letter	t	2051

Note: ≋ and ≈ are followed by +≋ and +≈ and both require new speaker IDs; ≡ does not. The ≋ marks an interruption by another and then a continuation by the first speaker. The ≈ is within a single speaker's overall turn.

This is the end of the special CA codes. The next ones are for other special purposes:

	Character Name	Char	Function	F2 +	Unicode
1	lower quote	„	tag or sentence final particle	t	201E
2	double dagger	‡	vocative or summons	v	2021
3	dot	ạ	Arabic dot	,	0323
4	raised h	ʰ	Arabic aspiration	H	02B0
5	macron	ā	Hebrew stressed syllable	-	0304
6	glottal	ʔ	glottal stop	q	0294
7	reverse glottal	ʕ	Hebrew glottal	Q	0295
8	caron	š	caron	;	030C
9	raised stroke	ˈ	primary stress	1	02C8
10	lowered stroke	ˌ	secondary stress	2	02CC
11	open paren	‹	begin phono group	<	2039
12	closed paren	›	end phono group	>	203A
13	open paren	〔	begin sign group	{	3014
14	closed paren	〕	end sign group	}	3015
15	open double quote	“	begin quote	'	201C
16	closed double quote	”	end quote	"	201D