HTML Entity for Greek Perispomeni (U+0342)

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📚 Updated: Jun 2026
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Unicode U+0342
HTML entity for Greek Perispomeni combining mark (U+0342) — hex, decimal, and CSS tutorial

What You'll Learn

How to insert the combining Greek Perispomeni (U+0342) in HTML using hexadecimal, decimal, and CSS escape methods. This mark is U+0342 (COMBINING GREEK PERISPOMENI) in the Combining Diacritical Marks block (U+0300–U+036F). It is the circumflex accent (περισπωμένη) used in polytonic Greek above vowels.

Place it after a base Greek letter (e.g. ᾶ for alpha with perispomeni). Use ͂, ͂, or CSS \0342. There is no named HTML entity. Published Greek often uses precomposed letters (e.g. ᾶ U+1FB6); combining U+0342 is still useful for dynamic or decomposed markup.

⚡ Quick Reference — Greek Perispomeni

Unicode U+0342

Combining Diacritical Marks

Hex Code ͂

Hexadecimal reference

HTML Code ͂

Decimal reference

Named Entity —

Use numeric codes only

Reference Table
Name           Value
────────────   ──────────
Unicode        U+0342
Hex code       ͂
HTML code      ͂
Named entity   (none)
CSS code       \0342
Meaning        Circumflex (perispomeni)
Position       Above base Greek vowel
Example        ᾶ (alpha + mark)
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Complete HTML Example

This example shows the Greek Perispomeni (U+0342) with alpha and omega using hexadecimal code, decimal HTML code, and a CSS content escape. Always place the combining mark after the base letter:

html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
 <style>
  #point:after{
   content: "\0342";
  }
 </style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Perispomeni using Hexadecimal: &#x03B1;&#x0342; &#x03C9;&#x0342;</p>
<p>Perispomeni using Decimal: &#x03B1;&#834; &#x03C9;&#834;</p>
<p id="point">Perispomeni using CSS Entity: &#x03B1;</p>
</body>
</html>
Try it Yourself

🌐 Browser Support

The Greek Perispomeni (U+0342) renders when fonts support Greek and Combining Diacritical Marks stacking:

Chrome 1+
Firefox 1+
Safari 1+
Edge 12+
Opera 4+
Android 4.4+
iOS Safari 1+

👀 Live Preview

Greek Perispomeni (U+0342) on vowels, compared with precomposed circumflex and Greek oxia (acute):

α + U+0342 (hex) ᾶ
ω + U+0342 (decimal) ῶ
Precomposed (ᾶ) ᾶ
Greek oxia α + U+0341 ά
Mark alone ͂
Numeric refs &#x0342; &#834; \0342

🧠 How It Works

1

Hexadecimal Code

&#x0342; uses Unicode hexadecimal 0342. Place it after the base Greek letter (e.g. &#x03B1;&#x0342;) so the circumflex stacks above.

HTML markup
2

Decimal HTML Code

&#834; uses decimal Unicode value 834 for the same combining character.

HTML markup
3

CSS Entity

\0342 is used in CSS, typically in the content property of ::after on an element that already contains the base letter.

CSS stylesheet
=

Circumflex above the vowel

U+0342 is the combining perispomeni. Order in HTML: base letter, then combining mark. Next: Greek Ypogegrammeni (U+0345).

✅

Use Cases

The Greek Perispomeni (U+0342) is commonly used in:

📜 Polytonic Greek

Classical and Koine Greek with circumflex on vowels (ᾶ, ῆ, ῶ).

📖 Classics

Homer, Plato, drama, and critical editions with full accentuation.

🎓 Linguistics

Studies of Ancient Greek pitch accent, contraction, and orthography.

📖 Religious texts

Liturgical and scriptural Greek in polytonic form.

📚 Language learning

Courses teaching the three accent types: acute, grave, and circumflex.

🌐 Multilingual sites

Apps that build or display decomposed Greek accent sequences.

💡 Best Practices

Do

  • Place U+0342 after the base Greek vowel in markup
  • Use Greek-capable fonts (e.g. GFS Didot, Palatino, system Greek fonts)
  • Declare UTF-8 with <meta charset="utf-8">
  • Use precomposed letters (ᾶ U+1FB6) when NFC is preferred for publishing
  • Distinguish circumflex (U+0342) from acute Greek oxia (U+0341)

Don’t

  • Put the combining mark before the base letter
  • Confuse U+0342 (perispomeni) with U+0343 (koronis, breathing)
  • Expect a named HTML entity for U+0342
  • Use CSS \0342 in HTML text nodes
  • Label U+0340 as Greek varia—U+0340 is a different combining mark (grave tone mark)

Key Takeaways

1

Two HTML numeric references plus CSS insert U+0342

&#x0342; &#834;
2

For CSS, use \0342 in content after the base letter in the element

3

Unicode U+0342 — COMBINING GREEK PERISPOMENI (circumflex)

4

Example: &#x03B1;&#x0342; or precomposed &#x1FB6; (ᾶ)

5

Next: Greek Ypogegrammeni (U+0345)

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Use &#x0342; (hex), &#834; (decimal), or \0342 in CSS content. There is no named entity. Place the code after a base Greek letter (e.g. &#x03B1;&#x0342;) so the circumflex appears above it.
U+0342 (COMBINING GREEK PERISPOMENI). Combining Diacritical Marks block. Hex 0342, decimal 834. It represents the circumflex accent (περισπωμένη) above a Greek vowel.
In Greek polytonic orthography, classical and Koine Greek, linguistics, religious Greek content, language learning, and anywhere you need circumflex on vowels (e.g. ᾶ, ῆ, ῶ).
HTML references (&#834; or &#x0342;) go in markup after the base letter. The CSS escape \0342 is used in stylesheets, typically on ::after when the base letter is already in the element.
The perispomeni (περισπωμένη) is a tilde-like circumflex above vowels in polytonic Greek. It marks a distinct accent class in Ancient Greek and differs from acute (Greek oxia, U+0341) and from other combining marks such as koronis (U+0343, breathing).

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