"˘" U+02D8 Breve

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Unicode Data

The Unicode character U+02D8, displayed as ˘ and named "Breve" is located in the Spacing Modifier Letters block. This character was introduced in Unicode version 1.1 (1993). Find its HTML entities, UTF-8/UTF-16 encodings, hex values, and copy-paste details below.

Name:: Breve
Category:: Modifier Symbol
Block:: Spacing Modifier Letters
Script:: Common
Decomposition:: [compat] (U+0020), ̆ (U+0306)
Bidirectional:: Other Neutrals
Mirrored:: No
Unicode Version:: Unicode 1.1

Character Encodings

HTML Entity - Named:

&breve;

&Breve;

HTML Entity - Decimal:

˘

HTML Entity - Hex:

˘

Unicode:

U+02D8;

Decimal:

728

CSS:

\0002D8

Javascript:

\u02D8

Perl:

\x{2D8}

Ruby:

\u{2D8}

Python:

u'\u02D8'

UTF-8 Encoding:

CB98

UTF-16 Encoding:

02D8

UTF-32 Encoding:

000002D8

Other Characters Based on - (U+0020)

Browser	Unicode	Name
	U+00A0	No-Break Space
¨	U+00A8	Diaeresis
¯	U+00AF	Macron
´	U+00B4	Acute Accent
¸	U+00B8	Cedilla
˘	U+02D8	Breve
˙	U+02D9	Dot Above
˚	U+02DA	Ring Above
˛	U+02DB	Ogonek
˜	U+02DC	Small Tilde
˝	U+02DD	Double Acute Accent
ͺ	U+037A	Greek Ypogegrammeni
΄	U+0384	Greek Tonos
᾽	U+1FBD	Greek Koronis
᾿	U+1FBF	Greek Psili
῀	U+1FC0	Greek Perispomeni
῾	U+1FFE	Greek Dasia
	U+2002	En Space
	U+2003	Em Space
	U+2004	Three-Per-Em Space
	U+2005	Four-Per-Em Space
	U+2006	Six-Per-Em Space
	U+2007	Figure Space
	U+2008	Punctuation Space
	U+2009	Thin Space
	U+200A	Hair Space
‗	U+2017	Double Low Line
	U+202F	Narrow No-Break Space
‾	U+203E	Overline
	U+205F	Medium Mathematical Space
	U+3000	Ideographic Space
゛	U+309B	Katakana-Hiragana Voiced Sound Mark
゜	U+309C	Katakana-Hiragana Semi-Voiced Sound Mark
ﱞ	U+FC5E	Arabic Ligature Shadda With Dammatan Isolated Form
ﱟ	U+FC5F	Arabic Ligature Shadda With Kasratan Isolated Form
ﱠ	U+FC60	Arabic Ligature Shadda With Fatha Isolated Form
ﱡ	U+FC61	Arabic Ligature Shadda With Damma Isolated Form
ﱢ	U+FC62	Arabic Ligature Shadda With Kasra Isolated Form
ﱣ	U+FC63	Arabic Ligature Shadda With Superscript Alef Isolated Form
ﷺ	U+FDFA	Arabic Ligature Sallallahou Alayhe Wasallam
ﷻ	U+FDFB	Arabic Ligature Jallajalalouhou
ﹰ	U+FE70	Arabic Fathatan Isolated Form
ﹲ	U+FE72	Arabic Dammatan Isolated Form
ﹴ	U+FE74	Arabic Kasratan Isolated Form
ﹶ	U+FE76	Arabic Fatha Isolated Form
ﹸ	U+FE78	Arabic Damma Isolated Form
ﹺ	U+FE7A	Arabic Kasra Isolated Form
ﹼ	U+FE7C	Arabic Shadda Isolated Form
ﹾ	U+FE7E	Arabic Sukun Isolated Form

Other Characters Based on - ̆ (U+0306)

Browser	Unicode	Name
Ă	U+0102	Latin Capital Letter A With Breve
ă	U+0103	Latin Small Letter A With Breve
Ĕ	U+0114	Latin Capital Letter E With Breve
ĕ	U+0115	Latin Small Letter E With Breve
Ğ	U+011E	Latin Capital Letter G With Breve
ğ	U+011F	Latin Small Letter G With Breve
Ĭ	U+012C	Latin Capital Letter I With Breve
ĭ	U+012D	Latin Small Letter I With Breve
Ŏ	U+014E	Latin Capital Letter O With Breve
ŏ	U+014F	Latin Small Letter O With Breve
Ŭ	U+016C	Latin Capital Letter U With Breve
ŭ	U+016D	Latin Small Letter U With Breve
˘	U+02D8	Breve
Ў	U+040E	Cyrillic Capital Letter Short U
Й	U+0419	Cyrillic Capital Letter Short I
й	U+0439	Cyrillic Small Letter Short I
ў	U+045E	Cyrillic Small Letter Short U
Ӂ	U+04C1	Cyrillic Capital Letter Zhe With Breve
ӂ	U+04C2	Cyrillic Small Letter Zhe With Breve
Ӑ	U+04D0	Cyrillic Capital Letter A With Breve
ӑ	U+04D1	Cyrillic Small Letter A With Breve
Ӗ	U+04D6	Cyrillic Capital Letter Ie With Breve
ӗ	U+04D7	Cyrillic Small Letter Ie With Breve
Ḝ	U+1E1C	Latin Capital Letter E With Cedilla And Breve
ḝ	U+1E1D	Latin Small Letter E With Cedilla And Breve
Ặ	U+1EB6	Latin Capital Letter A With Breve And Dot Below
ặ	U+1EB7	Latin Small Letter A With Breve And Dot Below
ᾰ	U+1FB0	Greek Small Letter Alpha With Vrachy
Ᾰ	U+1FB8	Greek Capital Letter Alpha With Vrachy
ῐ	U+1FD0	Greek Small Letter Iota With Vrachy
Ῐ	U+1FD8	Greek Capital Letter Iota With Vrachy
ῠ	U+1FE0	Greek Small Letter Upsilon With Vrachy
Ῠ	U+1FE8	Greek Capital Letter Upsilon With Vrachy