# ˉ U+02C9 MODIFIER LETTER MACRON

## Properties

- General category: [Modifier Letter](/unicode/categories/modifier-letter.md) (Lm)
- Script: [Common](/unicode/scripts/common.md) (Common)

## Annotations

- • high level tone
- • precedes or follows letter or syllable modified
- • Mandarin Chinese first tone
- → [U+00AF ¯ MACRON](/unicode/U+00AF.md)
- → [U+0304 ◌̄ COMBINING MACRON](/unicode/U+0304.md)