# U+1AC5 COMBINING SQUARE BRACKETS ABOVE

Small square brackets above a letter surrounding an accent, used to show cancelled accents in Japanese transliteration.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+1AC5 |
| Name | COMBINING SQUARE BRACKETS ABOVE |
| Block | [Combining Diacritical Marks Extended](https://unicodekit.com/block/combining-diacritical-marks-extended) |
| Script | Inherited |
| Category | Nonspacing Mark (Mn) |
| Unicode version | 14.0 |
| HTML | `᫅` `᫅` |
| CSS | `\1AC5` |
| JavaScript | `\u1AC5` |
| UTF-8 | E1 AB 85 |
| UTF-16 | 1AC5 |

## Notes

- intended to surround a diacritic above
- used to indicate cancellation of an accent in Japanese transliteration

## Related characters

- [U+1AC4 COMBINING RIGHT PARENTHESIS BELOW RIGHT](https://unicodekit.com/char/1AC4)
- [U+1AC6 COMBINING NUMBER SIGN ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1AC6)
- [U+1AC3 COMBINING LEFT PARENTHESIS BELOW LEFT](https://unicodekit.com/char/1AC3)
- [U+1AC7 COMBINING INVERTED DOUBLE ARCH ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1AC7)
- [U+1AC2 COMBINING RIGHT PARENTHESIS ABOVE RIGHT](https://unicodekit.com/char/1AC2)
- [U+1AC8 COMBINING PLUS SIGN ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1AC8)
- [U+1AC1 COMBINING LEFT PARENTHESIS ABOVE LEFT](https://unicodekit.com/char/1AC1)
- [U+1AC9 COMBINING DOUBLE PLUS SIGN ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1AC9)
- [U+1AC0 COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED W BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1AC0)
- [U+1ACA COMBINING DOUBLE PLUS SIGN BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1ACA)
- [U+1ABF COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER W BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1ABF)
- [U+1ACB COMBINING TRIPLE ACUTE ACCENT](https://unicodekit.com/char/1ACB)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/1AC5 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/1AC5