diacritic
US /ˌdaɪ.əˈkrɪt̬.ɪk/
UK /ˌdaɪ.əˈkrɪt̬.ɪk/
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变音符号, 音标
a mark, sign, or symbol added to a letter or character to indicate a specific phonetic value, stress, tone, or other linguistic feature
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The acute accent is a common diacritic in French.
尖音符是法语中常见的变音符号。
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Many languages use diacritics to distinguish between words with similar spellings.
许多语言使用变音符号来区分拼写相似的单词。