Bar (diacritic)

A bar or stroke is a modification consisting of a line drawn through a grapheme. It may be used as a diacritic to derive new letters from old ones, or simply as an addition to make a grapheme more distinct from others. It can take the form of a vertical bar, slash, or crossbar.

A stroke is sometimes drawn through the numerals 7 (horizontal overbar) and 0 (overstruck foreslash), to make them more distinguishable from the number 1 and the letter O, respectively. (In some typefaces, one or other or both of these characters are designed in these styles; they are not produced by overstrike or by combining diacritic. The normal way in most of Europe to write the number seven is with a bar. )

In medieval English scribal abbreviations, a stroke or bar was used to indicate abbreviation. For example, $⟨£⟩$, the pound sign, is a stylised form of the letter $⟨Ꝉ⟩$ (the letter $⟨L⟩$ with a cross bar).

For the specific usages of various letters with bars and strokes, see their individual articles.

Letters with bar
· Ⱥ|Ⱥ ⱥ · Ƀ|Ƀ ƀ, ᴃ, ᴯ, ␢ · Ȼ|Ȼ ȼ, Ꞓ|Ꞓ ꞓ · Ð|Ð ð, Đ|Đ đ, Ɖ|Ɖ ɖ, Ꟈ|Ꟈ ꟈ, ꝱ · Ɇ|Ɇ ɇ, ꬳ · Ꞙ|Ꞙ ꞙ · Ǥ|Ǥ ǥ, Ꞡ|Ꞡ ꞡ · Ħ|Ħ ħ, ꟸ, 𐞕 · Ɨ|Ɨ ɨ, ᵻ, ᶤ, ᶧ, 𝼚 · Ɉ|Ɉ ɉ, ɟ, ʄ, ᶡ, 𐞘 · Ꝁ|Ꝁ ꝁ, Ꝃ|Ꝃ ꝃ, Ꝅ|Ꝅ ꝅ, Ꞣ|Ꞣ ꞣ · Ł|Ł ł, Ƚ|Ƚ ƚ, ᴌ, Ⱡ|Ⱡ ⱡ, Ꝉ|Ꝉ ꝉ, ꝲ · Ꞥ|Ꞥ ꞥ, ꝴ · Ø|Ø ø, Ǿ|Ǿ ǿ, ᴓ, 𐞢, ᶱ, ᷭ, ꬾ, Ꝋ|Ꝋ ꝋ, Ɵ|Ɵ ɵ · ꬿ · Ᵽ|Ᵽ ᵽ, Ꝑ|Ꝑ ꝑ · Ꝗ|Ꝗ ꝗ, Ꝙ|Ꝙ ꝙ · Ɍ|Ɍ ɍ, Ꞧ|Ꞧ ꞧ, ꝶ|ꝶ ꝵ · ẜ, ẝ, Ꞩ|Ꞩ ꞩ, Ꟊ|Ꟊ ꟊ · Ŧ|Ŧ ŧ, Ⱦ|Ⱦ ⱦ, ꝷ · Ʉ|Ʉ ʉ, Ꞹ|Ꞹ ꞹ, ᵾ, ᶶ, ᷰ · Ꝟ|Ꝟ ꝟ · ꭕ|ꭕ ꭙ · Ɏ|Ɏ ɏ · Ƶ|Ƶ ƶʡ, 𐞳, ʢ, 𐞴 · ƻ · ꬰ · ᵼ · ƛ · ᵿ · ℏ · ꝳ · ꭏ · ʄ · Ꜻ|Ꜻ ꜻ · ꭁ, ꭂ · ꭄ · ꟻ · ᵺ

Currency signs with bar
฿ · ₵ · ¢ · ₫ · ₣ · ₲ · 𐆙 · 𐆘 · ₴ · ₭ · £ · ₾ · ₥ · $ · Ψ · 𐆗 · 𐆖 · ৳ · ៛ · 𐆚

Currency symbols and letters with double bar
· ₳ · ₿ · ₡ · € · ₾ · ₴ · ₤, ₺ · ₦ · ₱, ₽ · ֏ · Cifrão symbol.svg · ₮ · ₩ · ¥ · ₹ ǂ · ࢦ · Ⱡ · ⱡ · 𝄁 · 𝼋 · 𝼌