# ̣ U+0323 COMBINING DOT BELOW

## Properties

- General category: [Nonspacing Mark](/unicode/categories/nonspacing-mark.md) (Mn)
- Script: [Inherited](/unicode/scripts/inherited.md) (Inherited)

## Annotations

- = nang
- • IPA: closer variety of vowel
- • Americanist and Indo-Europeanist: retraction or retroflexion
- • Semiticist: velarization or pharyngealization
- • Vietnamese tone mark
- → [U+02D4 ˔ MODIFIER LETTER UP TACK](/unicode/U+02D4.md)