What Is the Comma below? Meaning, Letters and How to Type It
A small comma under a letter. Romanian ș and ț use it; they are often wrongly replaced with the cedilla forms ş and ţ.
Letters with the comma below: ș ț
Combining character: U+0326
What the comma below does
A small comma under a letter. Romanian ș and ț use it; they are often wrongly replaced with the cedilla forms ş and ţ. Unicode encodes 4 precomposed letters with this mark as their first diacritic, and the combining form U+0326 can add it to any other letter.
Languages that use it
All lowercase letters with the comma below
Codes and shortcuts
| Letter | Name | Unicode | Alt code | Mac |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ș | s with comma below | U+0219 | — | — |
| ț | t with comma below | U+021B | — | — |
How to type it on any letter
On Windows, hold Alt and type the code from the table, or type the letter followed by U+0326 in Word and press Alt+X. On a Mac, use Unicode Hex Input: type the letter, then hold Option and type 0326. On a Chromebook, type the letter, then Ctrl+Shift+U, 0326, Space.
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