This is the Unicode character COMBINING BREVE, code point U+0306 (decimal 774) in the Combining Diacritical Marks block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ̆, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes CC 86.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+0306 |
| Decimal | 774 |
| UTF-8 bytes | CC 86 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 0306 |
| UTF-32 | 00000306 |
| HTML decimal | ̆ |
| HTML hex | ̆ |
| CSS | \306 |
| JavaScript | \u0306 |
| JSON | \u0306 |
| Python | \u0306 |
| Python by name | \N{COMBINING BREVE} |
| Java, C# | \u0306 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{306} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u0306 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %CC%86 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | COMBINING BREVE |
| Code point | U+0306 (decimal 774) |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks (U+0300–U+036F) |
| General category | Mn: Non-spacing mark |
| Script | Inherited |
| Bidirectional class | NSM: Non-spacing mark |
| Combining class | 230 |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Combining Diacritical Marks
- U+0300 Combining Grave Accent
- U+0301 Combining Acute Accent
- U+0302 Combining Circumflex Accent
- U+0303 Combining Tilde
- U+0304 Combining Macron
- U+0305 Combining Overline
- U+0307 Combining Dot Above
- U+0308 Combining Diaeresis
- U+0309 Combining Hook Above
- U+030A Combining Ring Above
- U+030B Combining Double Acute Accent
- U+030C Combining Caron
- U+030D Combining Vertical Line Above
- U+030E Combining Double Vertical Line Above
All 112 characters: Combining Diacritical Marks.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for COMBINING BREVE?
- Use ̆ (decimal) or ̆ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+0306?
- CC 86 (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %CC%86.
- How do I write U+0306 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u0306. Python: \u0306.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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