`

See also: ◌̀ [U+0300 COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT], ˋ◌, ◌ˋ [U+02CB MODIFIER LETTER GRAVE ACCENT], and ՝ [U+055D ARMENIAN COMMA]

` U+0060, ` GRAVE ACCENT ← _ [U+005F] Basic Latin a → [U+0061]

` U+1FEF, ` GREEK VARIA [unassigned: U+1FF0–U+1FF1] ← ΅ [U+1FEE] Greek Extended ῲ → [U+1FF2]

｀ U+FF40, ｀ FULLWIDTH GRAVE ACCENT ← ＿ [U+FF3F] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ａ → [U+FF41]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• ◌̀ (combining character form)
• ˋ◌, ◌ˋ (modifier letter form)

Diacritical mark

`

1. (formal) A grave accent or baria as a spacing character.

Usage notes

The use of spacing character diacritics is generally archaic outside of pedagogical contexts.

The Unicode code point U+1FEF (GREEK VARIA) is canonically equivalent to U+0060 (GRAVE ACCENT), while U+FF40 is a fullwidth character for use in East Asian typography.

Not to be confused with an acute accent: ´.

Punctuation mark

`

1. (computing) A backquote or backtick, which, like a quotation mark, encloses text.
2. (nonstandard, Internet) An apostrophe (')

Further reading

• Grave accent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia