◌̂

See also: ^ [U+005E CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT], ˆ [U+02C6 MODIFIER LETTER CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT], ◌᷍◌, and Appendix:Variations of "^"

◌̂ U+0302, ̂ COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT ← ◌́ [U+0301] Combining Diacritical Marks ◌̃ → [U+0303]

Translingual

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. (IPA) Falling tone.
2. (IPA, obsolete) Dipping (falling–rising) tone.
3. (UPA) Extra long vowel (e.g. â) or consonant (e.g. t̂ ); cf. ◌̄.
4. (Lithuanian dialectology) Marks a stressed syllable with "broken tone".
5. (linear algebra) Used to indicate a unit vector.

   Coordinate term: ◌⃗

6. (statistics) Used to denote an estimator or an estimated value.
7. (geometry) Used for an angle.

Further reading

• circumflex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. Retained in foreign loan words (mostly French): château, crème brûlée, crêpe, maître d', mêlée, papier-mâché, rôle, tête-à-tête.

Esperanto

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called ĉapelo (“hat”) in Esperanto, and found on Ĉ/ĉ, Ĝ/ĝ, Ĥ/ĥ, Ĵ/ĵ and Ŝ/ŝ.

French

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent circonflexe (“circumflex accent”) in French, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê, Î/î, Ô/ô and Û/û.

Hokkien

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. Represents the fifth tone of Taiwanese Hokkien in Pe̍h-ōe-jī.

Japanese

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. (romanization) A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called サーカムフレックス (“circumflex”) in Japanese, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê, Î/î, Ô/ô and Û/û.

Usage notes

In a number of romanization systems of Japanese, particularly Kunrei-shiki, the circumflex indicates that a vowel is a long vowel.

Other romanization systems, particularly Hepburn, use the macron (an uppermost horizontal line: ¯) for that purpose.

Ligurian

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acénto circonflèsso (“circumflex accent”) in Ligurian, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê, Î/î, Ô/ô and Û/û.
   1. Used to denote a stressed or unstressed /aː/, /eː/, /iː/, /uː/, /yː/

See also

• ´
• `

Portuguese

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acento circunflexo (“circumflex accent”) in Portuguese, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê and Ô/ô.

Usage notes

• In the letter a, forms â with the stressed sound /ɐ/, as in ânion and momentâneo.
• In the letter e, forms ê with the stressed sound /e/, as in nêutron and português.
• In the letter o, forms ô with the stressed sound /o/, as in avô and pôr.

Romanian

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent circumflex (“circumflex accent”) in Romanian, and found on Â/â and Î/î.

Vietnamese

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called dấu mũ (“hat mark”) in Vietnamese, and found on Â/â, Ầ/ầ, Ẩ/ẩ, Ẫ/ẫ, Ấ/ấ, Ậ/ậ, Ê/ê, Ề/ề, Ể/ể, Ễ/ễ, Ế/ế, Ệ/ệ, Ô/ô, Ồ/ồ, Ổ/ổ, Ỗ/ỗ, Ố/ố and Ộ/ộ.

Usage notes

In Vietnamese handwriting and signmaking, this diacritical mark often appears curved, similar to an inverted breve.

Welsh

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called acen grom (“curved accent”) in Welsh, and found on Â/â, Ê/ê, Î/î, Ô/ô, Û/û, Ŵ/ŵ and Ŷ/ŷ.

Yoruba

Diacritical mark

◌̂

1. (obsolete) A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling-tone mark”). Formerly used to indicate falling-tone, now written as ◌́ followed by ◌̀

See also

• ìró ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling tone”)

tone marks

• ◌̀
• ◌́
• ◌̄
• ◌̌ (obsolete)