◌̂

See also: ^ [U+005E CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT], ˆ◌ [U+02C6 MODIFIER LETTER CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT], and Appendix:Variations of "^"

◌̂ U+0302, ̂ COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT ← ◌́ [U+0301] Combining Diacritical Marks ◌̃ → [U+0303]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• ^ (spacing character form)
• ˆ◌ (modifier letter form)

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A circumflex accent as a combining character.
2. (linguistics) Used to indicate a falling tone.

Further reading

• circumflex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Esperanto

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called ĉapelo (“hat”) in Esperanto, and found on Ĉ/ĉ, Ĝ/ĝ, Ĥ/ĥ, Ĵ/ĵ and Ŝ/ŝ.

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French

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent circonflexe (“circumflex accent”) in French, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê, Î/î, Ô/ô and Û/û.

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Japanese

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called サーカムフレックス (“circumflex”) in Japanese, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê, Î/î, Ô/ô and Û/û.

Usage notes

In a number of romanization systems of Japanese, particularly Kunrei-shiki, the circumflex indicates that a vowel is a long vowel.

Other romanization systems, particularly Hepburn, use the macron (an uppermost horizontal line: ¯) for that purpose.

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Ligurian

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acénto circonflèsso (“circumflex accent”) in Ligurian, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê, Î/î, Ô/ô and Û/û.
   1. Used to denote a stressed or unstressed /aː/, /eː/, /iː/, /uː/, /yː/

See also

• ´
• `

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Min Nan

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. Represents the fifth tone of Taiwanese Hokkien in Pe̍h-ōe-jī.

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Portuguese

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acento circunflexo (“circumflex accent”) in Portuguese, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê and Ô/ô.
   1. In the letter "a", forms "â" with the stressed sound /ɐ/, as in ânion and momentâneo.
   2. In the letter "e", forms "ê" with the stressed sound /e/, as in nêutron and português.
   3. In the letter "o", forms "ô" with the stressed sound /o/, as in avô and pôr.

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Romanian

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent circumflex (“circumflex accent”) in Romanian, and found on Â/â and Î/î.

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Vietnamese

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called dấu mũ (“hat mark”) in Vietnamese, and found on Â/â, Ầ/ầ, Ẩ/ẩ, Ẫ/ẫ, Ấ/ấ, Ậ/ậ, Ê/ê, Ề/ề, Ể/ể, Ễ/ễ, Ế/ế, Ệ/ệ, Ô/ô, Ồ/ồ, Ổ/ổ, Ỗ/ỗ, Ố/ố and Ộ/ộ.

Usage notes

In Vietnamese handwriting and signmaking, this diacritical mark often appears curved, similar to an inverted breve.

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Welsh

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acen grom (“curved accent”) in Welsh, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê, Î/î, Ô/ô, Û/û, Ŵ/ŵ and Ŷ/ŷ.

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Yoruba

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. (obsolete) A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling-tone mark”). Formerly used to indicate falling-tone, now written as ◌́ followed by ◌̀

See also

• ìró ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling tone”)

tone marks

• ◌́
• ◌̀
• ◌̄
• ◌̌ (obsolete)