Acute Accent ´

The Acute Accent character (´) is a standard HTML entity defined in the HTML specification. In HTML source code, it can be written using the named entity reference ´, the decimal numeric character reference ´, or the hexadecimal numeric reference ´. The character is assigned Unicode code point U+00B4 in the Universal Character Set.

The acute accent (´) is a diacritical mark placed above vowels and some consonants to indicate stress, vowel quality, or tone. It is one of the most widely used diacritical marks, appearing in French (é), Spanish (á), Portuguese (á), and many other languages. The standalone acute is a spacing character.

Symbol entities encompass a wide variety of special characters used in legal disclaimers, intellectual property notices, typographic ornaments, card suit indicators, and miscellaneous notation throughout web content. These characters appear in website footers for copyright notices, product pages for trademark symbols, academic papers for dagger footnote markers, and decorative or gaming contexts for card suits and stars.

When deciding how to encode the Acute Accent character in your HTML documents, the named entity ´ is generally the most readable choice for developers reviewing or maintaining source code. The decimal form ´ and hexadecimal form ´ are equally valid alternatives that work in contexts where named entities may not be supported, or when generating HTML output programmatically from server-side code. All three representations produce identical visual output in every modern web browser.

Use the standalone acute accent in typography discussions and educational content about diacritical marks. For actual accented letters in text, use the precomposed characters (é, á, ó) via their specific entities. The standalone acute entity is a reference character, not a combining mark.