What Is the Horn? Meaning, Letters and How to Type It
A small hook on the upper right of o and u, used in Vietnamese to make the separate vowels ơ and ư.
Letters with the horn: ơ ư ớ ờ ở ỡ ợ ứ ừ ử ữ ự
Combining character: U+031B
What the horn does
A small hook on the upper right of o and u, used in Vietnamese to make the separate vowels ơ and ư. Unicode encodes 24 precomposed letters with this mark as their first diacritic, and the combining form U+031B can add it to any other letter.
Languages that use it
All lowercase letters with the horn
Codes and shortcuts
| Letter | Name | Unicode | Alt code | Mac |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ơ | o with horn | U+01A1 | — | — |
| ư | u with horn | U+01B0 | — | — |
| ớ | o with horn and acute | U+1EDB | — | — |
| ờ | o with horn and grave | U+1EDD | — | — |
| ở | o with horn and hook above | U+1EDF | — | — |
| ỡ | o with horn and tilde | U+1EE1 | — | — |
| ợ | o with horn and dot below | U+1EE3 | — | — |
| ứ | u with horn and acute | U+1EE9 | — | — |
| ừ | u with horn and grave | U+1EEB | — | — |
| ử | u with horn and hook above | U+1EED | — | — |
| ữ | u with horn and tilde | U+1EEF | — | — |
| ự | u with horn and dot below | U+1EF1 | — | — |
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+031B in Word and press Alt+X. On a Mac, use Unicode Hex Input: type the letter, then hold Option and type 031B. On a Chromebook, type the letter, then Ctrl+Shift+U, 031b, Space.
Copy every letter with the horn
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- What Is the Grave accent? Meaning, Letters and How to Type It
- What Is the Circumflex? Meaning, Letters and How to Type It
- What Is the Umlaut / diaeresis? Meaning, Letters and How to Type It
- What Is the Tilde? Meaning, Letters and How to Type It