Hook (diacritic)

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For other meanings of hook, see hook.

Diacritical marks

accent acute accent ( ´ ) double acute accent ( ˝ ) grave accent ( ` ) double grave accent (  ̏ ) breve ( ˘ ) caron / háček ( ˇ ) cedilla ( ¸ ) circumflex ( ^ ) diaeresis / umlaut ( ¨ ) dot ( · ) anunaasika ( ˙ ) anusvara (  ̣ ) chandrabindu (   ँ   ঁ   ઁ   ଁ ఁ ) hook / dấu hỏi (  ̉ ) horn / dấu móc (  ̛ ) macron ( ¯ ) ogonek ( ˛ ) ring / kroužek ( ˚, ˳ ) rough breathing / spiritus asper (  ῾ ) smooth breathing / spiritus lenis (  ᾿ )

Marks sometimes used as diacritics

apostrophe ( ’ ) bar ( | ) colon ( : ) comma ( , ) hyphen ( ˗ ) tilde ( ~ ) titlo (  ҃ )

Ả	ả
Ẩ	ẩ
Ẳ	ẳ
Ɓ	ɓ
Ƈ	ƈ
Ɗ	ɗ
Ẻ	ẻ
Ể	ể
Ƒ	ƒ
Ɠ	ɠ
Ỉ	ỉ
Ƙ	ƙ
	ɱ
Ỏ	ỏ
Ổ	ổ
Ở	ở
Ƥ	ƥ
	ʠ
Ƭ	ƭ
Ủ	ủ
Ử	ử
Ʋ	ʋ
Ỷ	ỷ
Ƴ	ƴ
Ȥ	ȥ

In typesetting, the hook (Vietnamese: dấu hỏi) is a diacritic mark placed on top of vowels in the Vietnamese alphabet. In shape it looks like a tiny question mark without the dot underneath. For example, a capital A with a hook is "Ả", and a lower case "u" with a hook is "ủ". It functions as a tone marker. Vowels with this symbol are pronounced with a falling then rising tone. The hook is usually written to the right of the circumflex in conventional Vietnamese orthography. If Vietnamese characters are unavailable, it is often replaced by a question mark after the vowel (VIQR encoding).

[edit] See also

• Horn (diacritic)
• Ɓ ɓ
• Ƈ ƈ
• Ɗ ɗ
• Ɠ ɠ
• Ƙ ƙ
• Ƥ ƥ
• Ƭ ƭ
• Ƴ ƴ

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The ISO basic Latin alphabet
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