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Unicode character information

Acute accent


Displayed on your computer as: ´
(if the character is not rendered properly, you may not have the appropriate fonts)

Unicode name: Acute accent
Alternative names: Codepoint (hexadecimal): 0x00B4
Codepoint (decimal): 180
In unicode block: Latin-1 Supplement

Html entities:

´ or ´ or ´

Character input:

There is no universal input system for Unicode characters. But you can use the system specific input methods below.

Windows: Hold down Alt and press + on the numeric keyboard. Type: 00B4 and release Alt. A registry key needs to be enabled for this to work. See Unicode input (wikipedia) for more details.
Linux: Hold down Crtl and ⇧ Shift and type U00B4. Now press ↵ Enter and release Crtl and ⇧ Shift.

Other Infos:

General category: Sk (Modifier_Symbol): A non-letterlike modifier symbol.
Bidirectional class is: ON (Other_Neutral): Most other symbols and punctuation marks.
Canocial combining class is: 0 (Not_Reordered): Spacing and enclosing marks; also many vowel and consonant signs, even if nonspacing.