Macron

The macron originated in Greco-Roman poetry, where it was used for marking long syllables. It's use has since been extended to marking long vowels.

Macron in Unicode

Characters with Macron

¯

ˉ

◌̄

Ā

ā

Ǟ

ǟ

Ǡ

ǡ

Ǣ

ǣ

Ē

ē

U+00AF

U+02C9

U+0304

U+0100

U+0101

U+01DE

U+01DF

U+01E0

U+01E1

U+01E2

U+01E3

U+0112

U+0113

Macron

Modifier Letter Macron

Combining Macron

Latin Capital Letter A With Macron

Latin Small Letter A With Macron

Latin Capital Letter A With Diaeresis And Macron

Latin Small Letter A With Diaeresis And Macron

Latin Capital Letter A With Dot Above And Macron

Latin Small Letter A With Dot Above And Macron

Latin Capital Letter Ae With Macron

Latin Small Letter Ae With Macron

Latin Capital Letter E With Macron

Latin Small Letter E With Macron

Note: May be confused with Overline, ‾ (U+203E); Combining Double Macron, ◌͞◌ (U+035E); or Superscript Minus, ⁻ (U+207B).

Ḕ

ḕ

Ḗ

ḗ

Ḡ

ḡ

Ī

ī

Ḹ

ḹ

Ō

ō

Ǭ

U+1E14

U+1E15

​ U+1E16

U+1E17

U+1E20

U+1E21

U+012A

U+012B

U+1E38

U+1E39

U+014C

​ U+014D

U+01EC

Latin Capital Letter E With Macron And Grave

Latin Small Letter E With Macron And Grave

Latin Capital Letter E With Macron And Acute

Latin Small Letter E With Macron And Acute

Latin Capital Letter G With Macron

Latin Small Letter G With Macron

Latin Capital Letter I With Macron

Latin Small Letter I With Macron

Latin Capital Letter L With Dot Below And Macron

Latin Small Letter L With Dot Below And Macron

Latin Capital Letter O With Macron

Latin Small Letter O With Macron

Latin Capital Letter O With Ogonek And Macron

ǭ

Ṑ

ṑ

Ṓ

ṓ

Ȫ

ȫ

Ȭ

ȭ

Ȱ

ȱ

Ṝ

ṝ

U+01ED

U+1E50

U+1E51

U+1E52

U+1E53

U+022A

U+022B

U+022C

U+022D

U+0230

U+0231

U+1E5C

U+1E5D

Latin Small Letter O With Ogonek And Macron

Latin Capital Letter O With Macron And Grave

Latin Small Letter O With Macron And Grave

Latin Capital Letter O With Macron And Acute

Latin Small Letter O With Macron And Acute

Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis And Macron

Latin Small Letter O With Diaeresis And Macron

Latin Capital Letter O With Tilde And Macron

Latin Small Letter O With Tilde And Macron

Latin Capital Letter O With Dot Above And Macron

Latin Small Letter O With Dot Above And Macron

Latin Capital Letter R With Dot Below And Macron

Latin Small Letter R With Dot Below And Macron

Ū

ū

Ṻ

ṻ

Ǖ

ǖ

Ȳ

ȳ

U+016A

U+016B

U+1E7A

U+1E7B

U+01D5

U+01D6

U+0232

U+0233

Latin Capital Letter U With Macron

Latin Small Letter U With Macron

Latin Capital Letter U With Macron And Diaeresis

Latin Small Letter U With Macron And Diaeresis

Latin Capital Letter U With Diaeresis And Macron

Latin Small Letter U With Diaeresis And Macron

Latin Capital Letter Y With Macron

Latin Small Letter Y With Macron

Macron in Natlangs

Uses of Macron

Use	Language	Letters	Notes
High tone	Mandarin (Pinyin romanization)	Āā /a˥/, Ēē /ə˥/, Īī /i˥/, Ōō /ə˥/, Ūū /u˥/, Ǖǖ /y˥/	Pinyin was created in the 1950s, and its tone marks were based on the Bopomofo phonetic notation.
Long vowel	Croatian, Serbian	Āā /aː/, Ēē /eː/, Īī /iː/, Ōō /oː/, R̄r̄ /r̩ː/, Ūū /uː/	The macron marks a long vowel without pitch accent. These letters are not used in the standard orthography of Croatian or Serbian, but in linguistic materials.
	Latgalian	Āā /ɑː/, Ēē /eː/, Īī /iː/, Ōō /oː/, Ūū /uː/
	Latvian	Āā /ɑː/, Ēē /eː/ and /æː/, Īī /iː/, Ūū /uː/
	Livonian	Āā /ɑː/, Ǟǟ /æː/, Ēē /ɛː/, Īī /iː/, Ōō /oː/, Ȱȱ /ʊː/, Ȭȭ /ɨː/, Ūū /u/

See Also

• Natlang Uses of Diacritics in the Latin Alphabet
• Macron Below