Dot (diacritic)

This article is about single dot diacritics. For the dot on the letters i and j, see tittle. For the diaeresis and similar-looking diacritics, see two dots (diacritic).
◌̇  ◌̣
Dot
  • U+0307 ◌̇ COMBINING DOT ABOVE
  • U+0323 ◌̣ COMBINING DOT BELOW
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When used as a diacritic mark, the term dot refers to the glyphs "combining dot above" (◌̇), and "combining dot below" (◌̣) which may be combined with some letters of the extended Latin alphabets in use in a variety of languages. Similar marks are used with other scripts.