Terminology: Accent characters
Non-English accents are added to basic letter glyphs such as acute ´, circumflex ˆ, caronˇ, grave `, ring or angstrom, tilde ˜, umlaut or diaresis ¨, cedilla ¸, ogonek, inverted breve, breve, stroke, horn, hook and macron ¯.
| Symbol | Symbol name | Symbol design description |
|---|---|---|
Áá | Acute | North east facing dash above character |
Ââ | Circumflex | Upwards pointing arrow above character |
Ǎǎ | Caron | Also known as an inverted circumflex, it is a downwards-pointing arrow placed above a character |
Àà | Grave | North west facing dash above character |
Åå | Ring or Ångström | Circle immediately above character (also known as Norwegian aa) |
Ãã | Tilde | Wave-like dash above character |
Ää | Umlaut or Diaeresis | Two dots above character |
Çç | Cedilla | Half-moon immediately below character, open to left |
Ąą | Ogonek | Half-moon immediately below character, open to right |
Ȃȃ | Inverted breve | Bowl shape above character |
Ăă | Breve | Inverted bowl shape above character |
Øø | Stroke | Stroke through letters |
Ơơ | Horn | Horn points up from right of character |
ƒ | Hook | Lowercase letter "f" with hook |
| Āā Ēē Ḡḡ Īī Ōō Ūū | Macron | Raised horizontal line above the character |
µ | Micro | Lowercase Greek letter mu |
ª | Ordf | Lower case letter "a" in raised position |
º | Ordm | Lower case letter "o" in raised position |
Øø | Slash | Letter "O" with a diagonal line (also known as Norwegian O-slash) |
ı | Dotless i | Letter "i" without dot |
ə | Schwa | Un stressed and toneless neutral vowel sound |
Ææ | Diphthong (two vowels) of letters "a" and "e" | Typically Norwegian |