HTML Entity Detail

HTML Entity - Diaeresis ("diaresis")

Diaeresis ("diaresis") 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+000A8

HTML entity

¨

CSS code

\00A8

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.

Diaeresis ("diaresis")

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Category: Diacritical Marks
Unicode U+000A8
Hex Code ¨
HTML Code ¨
HTML Entity ¨
CSS Code \00A8
Windows Shortcut Alt 0168
Mac Shortcut ⌥U and space
HTML code example
CSS code example
Last updated: 21 Jun 2026