What Is the Dot above? Meaning, Letters and How to Type It
A single dot above a letter, used in Polish (ż), Lithuanian (ė), Maltese (ċ, ġ, ż) and Turkish (İ, the dotted capital I).
Letters with the dot above: ż ċ ė ġ ǡ ȧ ȯ ȱ ḃ ḋ ḟ ḣ ṁ ṅ
Combining character: U+0307
What the dot above does
A single dot above a letter, used in Polish (ż), Lithuanian (ė), Maltese (ċ, ġ, ż) and Turkish (İ, the dotted capital I). Unicode encodes 43 precomposed letters with this mark as their first diacritic, and the combining form U+0307 can add it to any other letter.
Languages that use it
Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Turkish.
All lowercase letters with the dot above
Codes and shortcuts
| Letter | Name | Unicode | Alt code | Mac |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ż | z with dot above | U+017C | — | — |
| ċ | c with dot above | U+010B | — | — |
| ė | e with dot above | U+0117 | — | — |
| ġ | g with dot above | U+0121 | — | — |
| ǡ | a with dot above and macron | U+01E1 | — | — |
| ȧ | a with dot above | U+0227 | — | — |
| ȯ | o with dot above | U+022F | — | — |
| ȱ | o with dot above and macron | U+0231 | — | — |
| ḃ | b with dot above | U+1E03 | — | — |
| ḋ | d with dot above | U+1E0B | — | — |
| ḟ | f with dot above | U+1E1F | — | — |
| ḣ | h with dot above | U+1E23 | — | — |
| ṁ | m with dot above | U+1E41 | — | — |
| ṅ | n with dot above | U+1E45 | — | — |
| ṗ | p with dot above | U+1E57 | — | — |
| ṙ | r with dot above | U+1E59 | — | — |
| ṡ | s with dot above | U+1E61 | — | — |
| ṫ | t with dot above | U+1E6B | — | — |
| ẇ | w with dot above | U+1E87 | — | — |
| ẋ | x with dot above | U+1E8B | — | — |
| ẏ | y with dot above | U+1E8F | — | — |
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+0307 in Word and press Alt+X. On a Mac, use Unicode Hex Input: type the letter, then hold Option and type 0307. On a Chromebook, type the letter, then Ctrl+Shift+U, 0307, Space.
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