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Letterlike Symbolsis a Unicode blockcontaining 80 characterswhich are constructed mainly from the glyphsof one or more letters. In addition to this block, Unicode includes full styled mathematical alphabets, although Unicode does not explicitly categorize these characters as being "letterlike." Symbols. [edit]
А̄ а̄. A with macron. Kildin Sami, Khanty, Bulgarian (not individual letter, used in Dialects), Serbian (not individual letter, used in Dialects) А̃ а̃. A with tilde. Khinalug. А̊ а̊. A with ring above.
Æ(lowercase: æ) is a character formed from the letters aand e, originally a ligaturerepresenting the Latindiphthongae. It has been promoted to the status of a letterin some languages, including Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, and Faroese. It was also used in Old Swedishbefore being changed to ä.
A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek διακριτικός (diakritikós, "distinguishing"), from διακρίνω (diakrínō, "to distinguish").
Alpha with acute and smooth breathing. Archaic letter denoting the absence of /h/prior to the vowel, with a high pitch on a short vowel or rising pitch on a long vowel. Ἂἂ. Alpha with grave and smooth breathing. Archaic letter denoting the absence of /h/prior to the vowel, with a normal or low pitch. Ἆἆ.
Umlaut (diacritic) Umlaut ( / ˈʊmlaʊt /) is a name for the two dots diacritical mark ( ̈) as used to indicate in writing (as part of the letters ä , ö , and ü ) the result of the historical sound shift due to which former back vowels are now pronounced as front vowels (for example [a], [ɔ], and [ʊ] as [ɛ], [œ], and [ʏ] ).
Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols is a Unicode block comprising styled forms of Latin and Greek letters and decimal digits that enable mathematicians to denote different notions with different letter styles. The letters in various fonts often have specific, fixed meanings in particular areas of mathematics.
Thorn or þorn ( Þ, þ) is a letter in the Old English, Old Norse, Old Swedish and modern Icelandic alphabets, as well as modern transliterations of the Gothic alphabet, Middle Scots, and some dialects of Middle English. It was also used in medieval Scandinavia, but it was later replaced with the digraph th, except in Iceland, where it survives.