HTML Entity for Uppercase 5 Tone (Ƽ)

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📚 Updated: Jun 2026
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Unicode U+01BC
HTML entity for Uppercase 5 Tone (U+01BC) — hex, decimal, and CSS tutorial

What You'll Learn

How to display the Uppercase 5 Tone (Ƽ) in HTML using hexadecimal, decimal, and CSS escape methods. This character is U+01BC (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER FIVE WITH STROKE) in the Latin Extended-B block (U+0180–U+024F)—used in Zhuang (old orthography) and phonetic or tonal notation for linguistic and language-related content.

Render it with Ƽ, Ƽ, or CSS escape \01BC. There is no named HTML entity. Compare ƽ (Lowercase 5 Tone, U+01BD) and ƻ (Uppercase 2 Stroke, U+01BB) for related stroke-letter variants.

⚡ Quick Reference — Uppercase 5 Tone

Unicode U+01BC

Latin Extended-B

Hex Code Ƽ

Hexadecimal reference

HTML Code Ƽ

Decimal reference

Named Entity —

No named entity

Reference Table
Name           Value
────────────   ──────────
Unicode        U+01BC
Hex code       Ƽ
HTML code      Ƽ
Named entity   (none)
CSS code       \01BC
Official name  LATIN CAPITAL LETTER FIVE WITH STROKE
Also known as  Uppercase tone five (Zhuang orthography)
Related        U+01BD = Lowercase 5 tone (ƽ)
               U+01BB = Uppercase 2 stroke
Block          Latin Extended-B (U+0180–U+024F)
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Complete HTML Example

A simple example showing the Uppercase 5 Tone (Ƽ) using hexadecimal code, decimal HTML code, and a CSS content escape:

html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
 <style>
  #point::after{
   content: "\01BC";
  }
 </style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Uppercase 5 Tone (hex): &#x01BC;</p>
<p>Uppercase 5 Tone (decimal): &#444;</p>
<p id="point">Uppercase 5 Tone (CSS): </p>
</body>
</html>
Try it Yourself

🌐 Browser Support

The Uppercase 5 Tone (Ƽ) is supported in modern browsers when the font includes Latin Extended-B glyphs:

Chrome1+
Firefox1+
Safari1+
Edge12+
Opera4+
Android4.4+
iOS Safari1+

👀 Live Preview

See the Uppercase 5 Tone (Ƽ) in linguistic and typographic contexts:

Large glyphƼ
Tone notationTone Ƽ example
Phonetic useTranscription Ƽ sample
vs lowercaseƼ uppercase   ƽ lowercase
Numeric refs&#x01BC; &#444; \01BC

🧠 How It Works

1

Hexadecimal Code

&#x01BC; uses the Unicode hexadecimal value 01BC to display the Uppercase 5 Tone. The x prefix indicates hexadecimal format.

HTML markup
2

Decimal HTML Code

&#444; uses the decimal Unicode value 444 to display the same character. This is one of the most commonly used methods.

HTML markup
3

CSS Entity

\01BC is used in CSS stylesheets, particularly in the content property of pseudo-elements like ::before and ::after.

CSS stylesheet
=

Same visual result

All three methods produce the glyph: Ƽ. Unicode U+01BC (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER FIVE WITH STROKE) in Latin Extended-B. Related: U+01BD (lowercase), U+01BB (uppercase 2 stroke). No named HTML entity.

✅

Use Cases

The Uppercase 5 Tone (Ƽ) is commonly used in:

🌐 Zhuang orthography

Old Zhuang writing systems and historical language documentation.

🎤 Phonetic notation

Tonal and phonetic transcription systems requiring tone-five letters.

📖 Linguistic text

Language research materials and phonology documentation.

🎓 Academic content

Scholarly papers and research about tone systems and linguistics.

📚 Language learning

Educational resources for tonal languages and orthography studies.

📝 Dictionaries

Transcription and dictionary content with extended Latin letters.

💡 Best Practices

Do

  • Declare UTF-8 encoding (<meta charset="utf-8">) in your HTML document
  • Use numeric references (&#x01BC; or &#444;) consistently in HTML
  • Choose fonts that cover Latin Extended-B (U+0180–U+024F) for reliable rendering
  • Use \01BC in CSS content when inserting via pseudo-elements
  • Pair with lowercase ƽ when documenting both case forms of tone five

Don’t

  • Confuse Ƽ (U+01BC, tone five) with the digit 5 (U+0035)
  • Put CSS escape \01BC in HTML text nodes
  • Expect a named HTML entity—only numeric codes work for Ƽ
  • Assume every system font renders Latin Extended-B glyphs
  • Mix hex and decimal references inconsistently within the same document

Key Takeaways

1

Three references render Ƽ (no named entity)

&#x01BC; &#444;
2

For CSS stylesheets, use the escape in the content property

\01BC
3

Unicode U+01BC — LATIN CAPITAL LETTER FIVE WITH STROKE

4

Latin Extended-B block (U+0180–U+024F)

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Use &#x01BC; (hex), &#444; (decimal), or \01BC in CSS content. All produce Ƽ. There is no named HTML entity.
U+01BC (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER FIVE WITH STROKE). Latin Extended-B block (U+0180–U+024F). Hex 01BC, decimal 444. Used in Zhuang (old orthography) and phonetic notation; lowercase equivalent is U+01BD.
For Zhuang language (old orthography), phonetic and tonal notation, linguistic and language-learning content, academic phonology papers, dictionary and transcription content, and any text requiring the Latin capital letter tone five.
HTML code (&#444; or &#x01BC;) is used in HTML content. The CSS entity (\01BC) is used in CSS, e.g. in the content property of ::before or ::after. Both produce Ƽ but in different contexts.
Named HTML entities are typically reserved for ASCII, Latin-1, and some common symbols. Letters from Latin Extended-B like Ƽ use numeric codes (hex or decimal) because they are part of specialized Unicode blocks.

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