HTML Entity Detail

HTML Entity - Overline / Overscore

Overline / Overscore is a diacritical marks and accent modifiers used in multilingual text. This HTML entity enables web developers to display this character reliably across all browsers without encoding issues.

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Unicode

U+0203E

HTML entity

‾

CSS code

Usage Examples

Use this HTML entity in combination with base letters to create accented characters in languages like French, Spanish, and Vietnamese.

Common Mistakes

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Mistake: Confusing a standalone diacritical mark with a precomposed accented letter

Fix: Standalone diacritical marks (like ¨ or ˆ) are combining characters or spacing marks. Precomposed letters (like ü or ê) are single characters. Use the precomposed form for normal text and the standalone form only when discussing the mark itself.

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Mistake: Using diacritical marks with the wrong base letter

Fix: Not every diacritic combines with every letter. For example, ñ (n-tilde) is valid in Spanish, but m-tilde is not a standard character in any language.

Overline / Overscore

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Category: Diacritical Marks
Unicode U+0203E
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Last updated: 21 Jun 2026