diaeresis
diaeresis (U+0308): diacritic of two horizontal dots above a letter, indicating the separate pronunciation of two successive letters, or replacing the 2nd mute letter of a former digraph with a modified pronunciation
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diaeresis
Summary
diaeresis is an Unicode character[1]. diaeresis ranks in the top 4% of unicode_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,774 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- diaeresis's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[3].
- diaeresis is a type of diacritic[4].
- diaeresis is a type of IPA symbol[5].
- diaeresis is used for diaeresis[6].
- diaeresis is used for umlaut[7].
- diaeresis's Commons category is recorded as Diaeresis[8].
- diaeresis's topic has template is recorded as Template:Letters with diaeresis[9].
- diaeresis's different from is recorded as umlaut[10].
- diaeresis's different from is recorded as hiatus[11].
- diaeresis's different from is recorded as ◌[12].
- diaeresis's different from is recorded as two dots[13].
- diaeresis's TeX string is recorded as \"[14].
- diaeresis's homoglyph is recorded as ¨[15].
- diaeresis's homoglyph is recorded as ◌߳[16].
- diaeresis's Unicode code point is recorded as 0308[17].
- diaeresis's HTML entity is recorded as ̈[18].
- diaeresis's HTML entity is recorded as ̈[19].
- diaeresis's Unicode block is recorded as Combining Diacritical Marks[20].
- diaeresis's Unicode character name is recorded as COMBINING DIAERESIS[21].
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Designation and Status
diaeresis's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[3].
Why It Matters
diaeresis ranks in the top 4% of unicode_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,774 views/month).[2] diaeresis has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] diaeresis is known by 143 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]