HTML Entity for Acute Accent (́)
What You'll Learn
How to encode U+0301 (combining acute accent) in HTML and CSS. This mark combines with the preceding character—for example é renders as é (e plus acute above).
It is defined in the Combining Diacritical Marks block (U+0300–U+036F). There is no named HTML entity for U+0301; use ́, ́, or \0301 in CSS strings. For a standalone spacing acute symbol (´), see acute accent like (U+00B4).
⚡ Quick Reference — Acute Accent Entity
U+0301Combining Diacritical Marks
́Hexadecimal reference
́Decimal reference
\0301Use in CSS content
Name Value
──────────── ──────────
Unicode U+0301
Hex code ́
HTML code ́
Named entity (none)
CSS code \0301Complete HTML Example
This example attaches U+0301 to the letter e using hex, decimal, and a CSS content string (é):
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#point:after{
content: "e\0301";
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Acute (hex on e): é</p>
<p>Acute (decimal on e): é</p>
<p id="point">Acute (CSS entity): </p>
</body>
</html>🌐 Browser Support
Numeric references for U+0301 are supported in all modern browsers. Stacking quality depends on font support for combining marks:
👀 Live Preview
Combining acute after different vowels (same code point, different bases):
🧠 How It Works
Hexadecimal Code
́ references Unicode 0301 in hex. Write it immediately after the base letter (for example é).
Decimal HTML Code
́ is decimal 769, equivalent to U+0301.
CSS Entity (Escape)
\0301 inside a CSS string (for example content: "e\0301") emits the same combining sequence in generated content.
Same visual result
With a base e, all methods yield é. Class: combining mark (Mn). No standard named entity for U+0301.
Use Cases
Where combining acute (U+0301) is the right tool:
Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese stress and vowel quality when composing from base + mark.
Apps that teach decomposition (NFD) or keyboard dead-key behavior.
Linguistic systems that build glyphs from Latin letters plus diacritics.
Original orthography where combining sequences are preserved.
Pickers that insert a mark after the user types a base letter.
Pipelines that normalize to or from NFD for search or collation.
When you must match a design spec that uses decomposed accented letters.
💡 Best Practices
Do
- Keep base letter and U+0301 adjacent in the DOM (base first)
- Use UTF-8 and pick NFC or NFD consistently for your product
- For long-form content, consider precomposed characters (é) for simpler storage
- Test fonts and line-breaking so the accent does not separate from its letter
- Use
\0301only inside CSS strings, not as raw HTML text
Don’t
- Place U+0301 before the base letter (wrong order for Unicode)
- Confuse combining acute (U+0301) with modifier letter acute (U+00B4)
- Rely on CSS
contentfor entire paragraphs of accented prose - Mix NFC and NFD arbitrarily in the same database column without a plan
- Assume every decorative webfont positions combining marks perfectly
Key Takeaways
Two HTML numeric references encode U+0301 after a base letter
́ ́In CSS, use \0301 after the base in a string (e.g. "e\0301")
\0301U+0301 is a combining mark (Mn) in U+0300–U+036F
No named HTML entity — use numeric references or CSS escapes
For standalone ´, use U+00B4 instead of U+0301 alone
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
́ (hex) or ́ (decimal) after the base letter, e.g. é for é. In CSS, content: "e\0301" is a common pattern. There is no standard named entity for U+0301.U+0301 (hex 0301, decimal 769). It combines with the preceding character and lives in the Combining Diacritical Marks block.\0301 belongs in stylesheet strings. Same code point, different layer.Explore More HTML Entities!
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