HTML Entity for Acute Accent Like (´)
What You'll Learn
How to show U+00B4 (modifier letter acute accent, ´) in HTML. This is a spacing modifier letter—a visible acute symbol on its own—not the same as the combining acute (U+0301) used to build letters such as “e” + combining mark.
It lives in the Latin-1 Supplement block. You can write it as ´, ´, the named entity ´, or \00B4 in CSS content.
⚡ Quick Reference — Acute Accent Like Entity
U+00B4Latin-1 Supplement (modifier letter)
´Hexadecimal reference
´Decimal reference
´Readable in source markup
Name Value
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Unicode U+00B4
Hex code ´
HTML code ´
Named entity ´
CSS code \00B4Complete HTML Example
This example shows ´ using hexadecimal, decimal, named entity, and a CSS content escape on a pseudo-element:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#point:after{
content: "\00B4";
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Acute Accent Like using Hexa Decimal: ´</p>
<p>Acute Accent Like using HTML Code: ´</p>
<p>Acute Accent Like using HTML Entity: ´</p>
<p id="point">Acute Accent Like using CSS Entity: </p>
</body>
</html>🌐 Browser Support
U+00B4 is in Latin-1 and is universally supported in modern browsers:
👀 Live Preview
The modifier letter acute (´) in typical UI and typography contexts:
e + U+0301—not U+00B4 alone.🧠 How It Works
Hexadecimal Code
´ references Unicode 00B4 in hexadecimal. The leading 00 keeps the code point unambiguous in documentation.
Decimal HTML Code
´ is decimal 180, equivalent to U+00B4.
Named Entity
´ is the standard named entity for U+00B4—easy to read in source and widely recognized.
CSS Entity (Escape)
\00B4 is used inside CSS strings, for example in content on ::after.
Same visual result
All four methods produce ´ (U+00B4). It is not a combining mark; for accents that attach to letters, use U+0301 or precomposed characters.
Use Cases
Where the standalone acute modifier (´) is appropriate:
Specimens, style guides, and font samples that show the acute symbol by itself.
Keyboard layouts, picker labels, and “press ´ then vowel” instructions in educational UI.
Diagrams that isolate the acute mark from full accented letters.
Entity reference pages and Unicode tables listing U+00B4.
Explaining Latin-1 / Windows-1252 mappings and HTML entity names.
Side-by-side display of punctuation and modifier letters.
Any content that must show the acute glyph visibly without composing a base letter.
💡 Best Practices
Do
- Use
´or one numeric style consistently in hand-authored HTML - Prefer precomposed letters (é, á, …) or combining sequences for real words in body copy
- Declare UTF-8 and validate encoding end-to-end
- Use
\00B4only inside CSS strings, not raw in HTML text - Document the difference between U+00B4 and U+0301 for your content team
Don’t
- Use U+00B4 as a substitute for a typographic apostrophe (prefer U+2019 right single quotation mark)
- Confuse
´(U+00B4) with the prime symbol U+2032 unless you truly mean ´ - Build accented words only from U+00B4 + letters unless your orthography explicitly requires it
- Forget that CSS escapes belong in stylesheets, not in HTML node text
- Mix hex and decimal entity styles arbitrarily in generated output
Key Takeaways
Three HTML forms render ´
´ ´ ´For CSS, use the escape in content (e.g. \00B4)
\00B4U+00B4 is a spacing modifier letter in Latin-1 Supplement
It is not the combining acute (U+0301) used to stack on base letters
For running text in natural languages, prefer proper accented code points over the bare modifier
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
´ (hex), ´ (decimal), ´ (named), or \00B4 in CSS content. All produce ´.U+00B4 (hex 00B4, decimal 180). Official name: modifier letter acute accent. It is not the same as combining acute U+0301.\00B4 is a CSS escape used inside stylesheet strings. Same character, different layer of the stack.´ is the standard named entity. It is part of HTML’s legacy entity set and maps to U+00B4 in modern browsers.Explore More HTML Entities!
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