What Is the Stroke? Meaning, Letters and How to Type It
A line through the letter itself. Examples are ø (Danish, Norwegian), ł (Polish), đ (Vietnamese, Croatian) and ħ (Maltese).
Letters with the stroke: ø đ ħ ł ŧ ƀ ƶ ǥ ǿ ȼ ɇ ɉ ɍ ɏ
Combining character: U+0335
What the stroke does
A line through the letter itself. Examples are ø (Danish, Norwegian), ł (Polish), đ (Vietnamese, Croatian) and ħ (Maltese). Unicode encodes 30 precomposed letters with this mark as their first diacritic, and the combining form U+0335 can add it to any other letter.
Languages that use it
Croatian, Danish, Faroese, Maltese, Norwegian, Polish, Vietnamese.
All lowercase letters with the stroke
Codes and shortcuts
| Letter | Name | Unicode | Alt code | Mac |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ø | o with stroke | U+00F8 | Alt+0248 | Option+O |
| đ | d with stroke | U+0111 | — | — |
| ħ | h with stroke | U+0127 | — | — |
| ł | l with stroke | U+0142 | — | — |
| ŧ | t with stroke | U+0167 | — | — |
| ƀ | b with stroke | U+0180 | — | — |
| ƶ | z with stroke | U+01B6 | — | — |
| ǥ | g with stroke | U+01E5 | — | — |
| ǿ | o with stroke and acute | U+01FF | — | — |
| ȼ | c with stroke | U+023C | — | — |
| ɇ | e with stroke | U+0247 | — | — |
| ɉ | j with stroke | U+0249 | — | — |
| ɍ | r with stroke | U+024D | — | — |
| ɏ | y with stroke | U+024F | — | — |
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+0335 in Word and press Alt+X. On a Mac, use Unicode Hex Input: type the letter, then hold Option and type 0335. On a Chromebook, type the letter, then Ctrl+Shift+U, 0335, Space.
Copy every letter with the stroke
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