A diacritical mark is a “glyph” attached to a letter.
Certain diacritical marks, such as grave ( ̀) and acute ( ́), are referred to as accents.
Diacritical marks can be combined with alphanumeric characters to generate a character not initially available in the character set (encoding) utilized on the page.
Below are a few examples:
Mark |
Character |
Construct |
Result |
̀ |
a |
à |
à |
́ |
a |
á |
á |
̂ |
a |
â |
â |
̃ |
a |
ã |
ã |
̀ |
O |
Ò |
Ò |
́ |
O |
Ó |
Ó |
̂ |
O |
Ô |
Ô |
̃ |
O |
Õ |
Õ |