`

See also: ˋ [U+02CB MODIFIER LETTER GRAVE ACCENT], ◌̀ [U+0300 COMBINING GRAVE ACCENT], ‵ [U+2035 REVERSED PRIME], and ՝ [U+055D ARMENIAN COMMA]

` U+0060, `
GRAVE ACCENT
← _
[U+005F] 		Basic Latin a →
[U+0061]
Character variations
` U+1FEF, `
GREEK VARIA
[unassigned: U+1FF0–U+1FF1]
← ΅
[U+1FEE] 		Greek Extended ῲ →
[U+1FF2]
｀ U+FF40, ｀
FULLWIDTH GRAVE ACCENT
← ＿
[U+FF3F] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ａ →
[U+FF41]

Translingual

Punctuation mark

` (English name backtick or backquote or backprime)

  1. (dated, computing) alternative form of ‘ (quotation mark)
  2. (computing) Used as an enclosing construct in some programming languages
    • 1997, Mark G. Sobell, “The TC Shell”, in A Practical Guide to Linux, Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 440:
      The echo and sed commands appear within backprimes (`) that indicate command substitution: The result of executing the commands within the backprimes replaces the backprimes and everything between them.
  3. (nonstandard, Internet) alternative form of ' (apostrophe)
  4. (formal) A grave accent or baria as a spacing character.

Usage notes

The Unicode code point U+1FEF GREEK VARIA is canonically equivalent to U+0060 GRAVE ACCENT, and U+FF40 FULLWIDTH GRAVE ACCENT ⟨｀⟩ is a fullwidth character for use in East Asian typography.

(grave accent / baria): The use of such spacing characters is generally archaic outside of pedagogical contexts. See U+02CB MODIFIER LETTER GRAVE ACCENT ⟨ˋ⟩ for the tone mark.

Compare acute accent: ´.

Further reading

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