HTML Entity for Acute Accent Below (̗)
What You'll Learn
How to encode U+0317 (combining acute accent below) in HTML and CSS. This is a non-spacing combining mark: it attaches to the preceding base character, so you should always write the base letter immediately before the reference (for example o̗ for o̗).
The code point sits in the Combining Diacritical Marks block (U+0300–U+036F). There is no named HTML entity; use ̗, ̗, or \0317 in CSS content when you need this diacritic.
⚡ Quick Reference — Acute Accent Below Entity
U+0317Combining Diacritical Marks
̗Hexadecimal reference
̗Decimal reference
\0317Use in CSS content
Name Value
──────────── ──────────
Unicode U+0317
Hex code ̗
HTML code ̗
Named entity (none)
CSS code \0317Complete HTML Example
This example places the mark after the letter o using hex, decimal, and a CSS content string so the combining acute below renders correctly (o̗):
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#point:after{
content: "o\0317";
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Acute Below (hex on o): o̗</p>
<p>Acute Below (decimal on o): o̗</p>
<p id="point">Acute Below (CSS entity): </p>
</body>
</html>🌐 Browser Support
Numeric references for U+0317 work in all modern browsers. Correct stacking depends on font support for combining marks:
👀 Live Preview
Combining marks need a base letter. Examples use o plus U+0317:
🧠 How It Works
Hexadecimal Code
̗ encodes code point U+0317 in hex. Write it right after the base character in HTML (for example o̗).
Decimal HTML Code
̗ is the decimal form (79110 = 0x0317). Same combining behavior as the hex reference.
CSS Entity (Escape)
\0317 in a CSS string (for example content: "o\0317") appends the combining mark after o in generated content.
Same visual result
With a proper base letter, all approaches yield o̗. Unicode class: combining mark (Mn). No standard named entity exists for U+0317.
Use Cases
Typical places U+0317 appears in web and document workflows:
Language documentation and research that needs precise below-acute placement.
IPA-style or custom phonetic alphabets encoded in plain HTML.
Rare orthographies and transliteration tables on internationalized pages.
Courses and exercises that teach pronunciation with combining diacritics.
Linguistics and anthropology articles published as HTML or EPUB-derived HTML.
Design systems that must match print conventions for diacritic placement.
UTF-8 pipelines where combining sequences are preserved end-to-end.
💡 Best Practices
Do
- Always place U+0317 immediately after its base character
- Use UTF-8 and normalize (NFC/NFD) consistently across your stack
- Pick fonts with solid combining-mark support for body text
- Test line-breaking: avoid splitting base and combining mark across lines
- Prefer precomposed characters when the Unicode standard offers them for your language
Don’t
- Emit the combining mark with no base (poor rendering and unclear semantics)
- Rely on CSS
contentfor long passages of linguistic text (use real text in the DOM) - Assume screen readers announce specialized phonetic marks the same on every platform
- Mix random hex/decimal styles in one generated template without a style guide
- Confuse U+0317 with spacing punctuation or apostrophe-like characters
Key Takeaways
Two numeric references encode U+0317 after a base letter
̗ ̗In CSS strings, use \0317 after the base glyph (e.g. "o\0317")
\0317U+0317 is a combining mark (Mn) in U+0300–U+036F
No named HTML entity — use numeric references or CSS escapes
Validate fonts and line layout so the mark stays visually under the intended letter
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
̗ (hex) or ̗ (decimal) after a base character, e.g. o̗ for o̗. In CSS, content: "o\0317" is a common pattern. There is no standard named entity.U+0317 (hex 0317, decimal 791). It belongs to the Combining Diacritical Marks block.\0317 belongs in stylesheets inside a string (often with a base letter before it). Both represent the same code point.&#x…; or &#…; numeric references.Explore More HTML Entities!
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