# ḃ U+1E03 LATIN SMALL LETTER B WITH DOT ABOVE

Lowercase b with a dot above, used in old Irish Gaelic spelling to mark lenition (a softened v or w sound).

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `ḃ` |
| Codepoint | U+1E03 |
| Name | LATIN SMALL LETTER B WITH DOT ABOVE |
| Block | [Latin Extended Additional](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-extended-additional) |
| Script | Latin |
| Category | Lowercase Letter (Ll) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `ḃ` `ḃ` |
| CSS | `\1E03` |
| JavaScript | `\u1E03` |
| UTF-8 | E1 B8 83 |
| UTF-16 | 1E03 |
| Decomposition | canonical U+0062 U+0307 |

## Notes

- Irish Gaelic (old orthography)

## Related characters

- Ḃ [U+1E02 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B WITH DOT ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E02)
- Ḅ [U+1E04 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B WITH DOT BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E04)
- ḁ [U+1E01 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E01)
- ḅ [U+1E05 LATIN SMALL LETTER B WITH DOT BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E05)
- Ḁ [U+1E00 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E00)
- Ḇ [U+1E06 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B WITH LINE BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E06)
- ḇ [U+1E07 LATIN SMALL LETTER B WITH LINE BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E07)
- Ḉ [U+1E08 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA AND ACUTE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E08)
- ḉ [U+1E09 LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA AND ACUTE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E09)
- Ḋ [U+1E0A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH DOT ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E0A)
- ḋ [U+1E0B LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH DOT ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E0B)
- Ḍ [U+1E0C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH DOT BELOW](https://unicodekit.com/char/1E0C)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/1E03 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/1E03