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   August 2025
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BREVE character

BREVE specifications

Name:

BREVE

Hex Number:

U+02D8

Decimal Number:

728

HTML Entity (Dec):

HTML Entity (Hex):

Alternate Name:

SPACING BREVE

Category:

Sk (Modifier Symbol)

Bidi Class:

ON (Other Neutrals)

Mirrored:

Decomposition:

<compat> 0020 0306

Combining Class:

Unicode Block:

Spacing Modifier Letters

Script:

Common

Plane:

Plane Code:

BMP (Basic Multilingual Plane)

Plane Range:

0000-FFFF

Character Preview:

About BREVE

Breve (U+02D8) is a Unicode modifier symbol from the Spacing Modifier Letters block. It resides on Plane 0 (BMP, Basic Multilingual Plane), has bidirectional class ON (other neutrals), is not mirrored, and has combining class 0 (Not Reordered). In HTML it can be written as ˘ or ˘.