U+0302 "̂" Combining Circumflex Accent Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+0302 "̂" Combining Circumflex Accent is a combining diacritical mark that, when placed after a base character, modifies that character by adding a circumflex accent above it. It is commonly used in various writing systems and romanizations, such as in French to indicate a historical vowel change (as in "rôle" or "hôpital") or in linguistic transcription to denote a specific phonetic feature. This accent is not a standalone character but rather a non-spacing mark that combines with the preceding letter, making it essential for accurate representation of many languages in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0302 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Combining Circumflex Accent |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Non-Spacing Circumflex |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks |
| General Category | Nonspacing Mark |
| Canonical Combining Class | Above |
| Bidirectional Class | Nonspacing Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ̂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ̂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xCC 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0302 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000302 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0302 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Maybe |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Maybe |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Joining Type | Transparent |
| Line Break | Combining Mark |
| East Asian Width | Ambiguous |
| Case Ignorable | Yes |
| Script | Inherited |
| Script Extensions | Cherokee Cyrillic Latin Tifinagh |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Indic Conjunct Break | Extend |
| ID Continue | Yes |
| XID Continue | Yes |
| Diacritic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Extend | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Extend |
| Word Break | Extend |
| Sentence Break | Extend |