# U+0323 COMBINING DOT BELOW

Combining dot under a letter, the Vietnamese nặng tone mark, also used in Semitic and Indic transliteration and phonetics.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+0323 |
| Name | COMBINING DOT BELOW |
| Also known as | nang |
| Block | [Combining Diacritical Marks](https://unicodekit.com/block/combining-diacritical-marks) |
| Script | Cherokee, Duployan, Katakana, Latin, Syriac, Tifinagh |
| Category | Nonspacing Mark (Mn) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `̣` `̣` |
| CSS | `\323` |
| JavaScript | `\u0323` |
| UTF-8 | CC A3 |
| UTF-16 | 0323 |

## Notes

- IPA: closer variety of vowel
- Americanist and Indo-Europeanist: retraction or retroflexion
- Semiticist: velarization or pharyngealization
- Vietnamese tone mark

## Related characters

- [U+0322 COMBINING RETROFLEX HOOK BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/0322)
- [U+0324 COMBINING DIAERESIS BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/0324)
- [U+0321 COMBINING PALATALIZED HOOK BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/0321)
- [U+0325 COMBINING RING BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/0325)
- [U+0320 COMBINING MINUS SIGN BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/0320)
- [U+0326 COMBINING COMMA BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/0326)
- [U+031F COMBINING PLUS SIGN BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/031F)
- [U+0327 COMBINING CEDILLA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0327)
- [U+031E COMBINING DOWN TACK BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/031E)
- [U+0328 COMBINING OGONEK](https://unicodekit.com/char/0328)
- [U+031D COMBINING UP TACK BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/031D)
- [U+0329 COMBINING VERTICAL LINE BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/0329)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0323 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0323