HTML Entity for Latin Letter Reversed Glottal Stop with Stroke (ʢ)

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📚 Updated: Jun 2026
🎯 1 Code Example
Unicode U+02A2
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What You'll Learn

How to display ʢ (LATIN LETTER REVERSED GLOTTAL STOP WITH STROKE) in HTML using hexadecimal, decimal, and CSS escape methods. Despite the URL slug question-mark-reversed-stop-stroke, this character is not a reversed punctuation question mark—it is an IPA Extensions letter for a reversed glottal stop with a stroke diacritic.

It is U+02A2 in the IPA Extensions block (U+0250–U+02AF). Use ʢ, ʢ, or CSS \02A2. There is no named HTML entity. Do not confuse ʢ with ʡ (glottal stop with stroke) or ¿ (inverted question mark).

⚡ Quick Reference — Reversed Glottal Stop with Stroke

Unicode U+02A2

IPA Extensions

Hex Code ʢ

Hexadecimal reference

HTML Code ʢ

Decimal reference

Named Entity —

Use numeric codes only

Reference Table
Name           Value
────────────   ──────────
Unicode        U+02A2
Hex code       ʢ
HTML code      ʢ
Named entity   (none)
CSS code       \02A2
Meaning        Latin letter reversed glottal stop with stroke (ʢ)
Related        U+02A1 = Glottal stop with stroke (ʡ)
               U+0294 = Latin letter glottal stop (ʔ)
               U+00BF = Inverted question mark (¿)
Block          IPA Extensions (U+0250–U+02AF)
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Complete HTML Example

A simple example showing ʢ using hexadecimal code, decimal HTML code, and a CSS content escape:

html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
 <style>
  #point::after{
   content: "\02A2";
  }
 </style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Hex: &#x02A2;</p>
<p>Decimal: &#674;</p>
<p>CSS: <span id="point"></span></p>
</body>
</html>
Try it Yourself

🌐 Browser Support

ʢ renders when fonts include IPA Extensions (U+0250–U+02AF):

Chrome 1+
Firefox 1+
Safari 1+
Edge 12+
Opera 4+
Android 4.4+
iOS Safari 1+

👀 Live Preview

See ʢ rendered live in different contexts:

Glyph ʢ
IPA context Phonetic symbol ʢ in transcription
Compare ʢ reversed+stroke   ʡ glottal+stroke   ʔ glottal stop
Not the same ʢ is not ¿ (¿) — use inverted-question-mark
Numeric refs &#x02A2; &#674; \02A2

🧠 How It Works

1

Hexadecimal Code

&#x02A2; uses the Unicode hexadecimal value 02A2 to display the reversed glottal stop with stroke.

HTML markup
2

Decimal HTML Code

&#674; uses the decimal Unicode value 674 to display the same character.

HTML markup
3

CSS Entity

\02A2 is used in CSS stylesheets in the content property of pseudo-elements like ::before and ::after.

CSS stylesheet
=

Same visual result

All three methods produce: ʢ. Unicode U+02A2 in IPA Extensions (U+0250–U+02AF). No named HTML entity exists.

✅

Use Cases

The Latin letter reversed glottal stop with stroke (ʢ) commonly appears in:

🎙 IPA Notation

Specialized phonetic transcriptions using IPA Extensions symbols.

📚 Linguistics

Academic papers, textbooks, and phonology references.

🌍 Orthographies

Writing systems that use this extended Latin letter.

🎓 Language Learning

Pronunciation guides and advanced phonetics exercises.

📋 Unicode References

Character pickers and IPA Extensions documentation.

💻 Dev Tutorials

HTML entity encoding examples for phonetic symbols.

♿ Accessibility

Pair ʢ with a phonetic description for screen readers.

💡 Best Practices

Do

  • Use &#x02A2; or &#674; for the ʢ glyph
  • Distinguish ʢ from ʡ (glottal stop with stroke) and ʔ (glottal stop)
  • Use IPA or linguistics fonts for professional notation
  • Pick one style (hex or decimal) per project
  • Test rendering across browsers and devices

Don’t

  • Assume this is reversed punctuation—it is U+02A2 ʢ
  • Substitute ¿ or &iquest; when ʢ is intended
  • Assume a named entity exists—there is none
  • Use CSS escape \02A2 inside HTML text nodes
  • Use HTML entities in JS (use \u02A2 instead)

Key Takeaways

1

Two HTML numeric references render ʢ

&#x02A2; &#674;
2

For CSS stylesheets, use the escape in the content property

\02A2
3

Unicode U+02A2 is LATIN LETTER REVERSED GLOTTAL STOP WITH STROKE

4

For ¿ use U+00BF with &iquest;

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Use &#x02A2; (hex), &#674; (decimal), or \02A2 in CSS content. There is no named HTML entity for this symbol.
U+02A2 (LATIN LETTER REVERSED GLOTTAL STOP WITH STROKE). IPA Extensions block. Hex 02A2, decimal 674.
No. This page covers U+02A2 (ʢ), an IPA Extensions letter. For Spanish inverted question mark use U+00BF (¿) with &iquest; on the inverted-question-mark page.
No. Use numeric references &#x02A2; or &#674;, or the CSS escape \02A2.
In IPA transcriptions, linguistic papers, phonetics textbooks, and orthographies that use the reversed glottal stop with stroke.

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