Middle double acute accent (cheeks)

Meaning and uses

A small double accent mark from phonetic notation. Placed on each side of a face, as in ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶, it draws rosy cheeks.

Unicode details

˶ is the Unicode character named MODIFIER LETTER MIDDLE DOUBLE ACUTE ACCENT, code point U+02F6, in the Spacing Modifier Letters block. It was added in Unicode 4.0 in 2003, and Unicode classes it as a modifier symbol (general category Sk).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Tap a code to copy it:

How to type ˶

• On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
• In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 02F6 and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ˶.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “modifier letter middle double acute accent”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 02f6, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ˶. In a CSS content property, use "\02F6".