˗

Glyph for retraction may have serifs to distinguish it from a hyphen

˗

1. (IPA, dated, after a letter with a descender) retracted articulation.
2. (IPA, dated) a mid, level tone.

(tone): The mark is placed before the word or syllable that bears the tone. This symbol is effectively obsolete, having been replaced by Chao tone letters and tone diacritics.

(retraction): More recently, the diacritic tends to be placed above the letter with a descender. See ⟨◌̠⟩.

• ⟨◌̠⟩

• ⟨˖⟩

• ⟨ˉ⟩ (high level tone)
• ⟨ˍ⟩ (low level tone)