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 ¯.

SymbolSymbol nameSymbol design description

Áá
Éé
Íí
Óó
Úú
Ýý

Acute North east facing dash above character.

Ââ
Êê
Îî
Ôô
Ûû

Circumflex Upwards pointing arrow above character.

Ǎǎ
Ǐǐ
Ǒǒ
Šš
Ǔǔ

CaronAlso known as inverted circumflex. Downwards pointing arrow above character.

Àà
Èè
Ìì
Òò
Ùù

Grave  North west facing dash above character.

Åå

Ring or ÅngströmCircle immediately above character (also known as Norwegian aa).

Ãã
Ññ
Õõ

Tilde Wave-like dash above character.

Ää
Ëë
Ïï
Öö
Üü
Ÿÿ

Umlaut or DiaeresisTwo dots above character.

Çç

Cedilla Half-moon immediately below character, open to left.

Ąą
Ęę
Įį
Ǫǫ
Ųų

OgonekHalf-moon immediately below character, open to right.

Ȃȃ
Ȇȇ
Ȏȏ
Ȓȓ

Inverted breveBowl shape above character.

Ăă
Ĕĕ
Ĭĭ
Ŏŏ
Ŭŭ

BreveInverted bowl shape above character.

Ⱥ
Ƀ
Ȼȼ

Stroke Stroke through letters.

Ơơ

Horn Horn points up from right of character.

Ɓ
Ƈƈ
Ɗ
Ƒ
Ɲ
Ƥ

Hook Hook points down from varied positions on the character.
Āā
Ēē
Ḡḡ
Īī
Ōō
Ūū
MacronRaised horizontal line above the character.

µ

MicroLowercase Greek letter mu.

ª

OrdfLower case letter "a" in raised position.

º

OrdmLower case letter "o" in raised position.

Øø

SlashLetter "O" with a diagonal line (also known as Norwegian O-slash)

ı

Dotless i Letter "i" without dot.

ə

SchwaUn stressed and toneless neutral vowel sound.

Ææ

Diphthong (two vowels) of letters "a" and "e".Typically Norwegian.