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A stroke is sometimes drawn through the numerals [[7 (number)|7]] (horizontal overbar) and [[0 (number)|0]] (overstruck foreslash), to make them more distinguishable from the number [[1 (number)|1]] and the letter [[O]], respectively. (In some [[typeface]]s, 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Aamulehti: Opetushallitus harkitsee numero 7 viivan palauttamista |author=Eeva Törmänen |date=September 8, 2011 |journal=Tekniikka & Talous |url=http://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/viihde/aamulehti+opetushallitus+harkitsee+numero+7+viivan+palauttamista/a682831 |language=fi |access-date=September 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917083226/http://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/viihde/aamulehti+opetushallitus+harkitsee+numero+7+viivan+palauttamista/a682831 |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> )
A stroke is sometimes drawn through the numerals [[7 (number)|7]] (horizontal overbar) and [[0 (number)|0]] (overstruck foreslash), to make them more distinguishable from the number [[1 (number)|1]] and the letter [[O]], respectively. (In some [[typeface]]s, 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.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Aamulehti: Opetushallitus harkitsee numero 7 viivan palauttamista |author=Eeva Törmänen |date=September 8, 2011 |journal=Tekniikka & Talous |url=http://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/viihde/aamulehti+opetushallitus+harkitsee+numero+7+viivan+palauttamista/a682831 |language=fi |access-date=September 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917083226/http://www.tekniikkatalous.fi/viihde/aamulehti+opetushallitus+harkitsee+numero+7+viivan+palauttamista/a682831 |archive-date=September 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> )


In medieval English usage, a stroke or bar was used to indicate abbreviation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06027-n3027-medieval.pdf|title=L2/06-027: Proposal to add Medievalist characters to the UCS|date=2006-01-30|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Peter|last2=Baker|first3=António|last3=Emiliano|first4=Florian|last4=Grammel|first5=Odd Einar|last5=Haugen|first6=Diana|last6=Luft|first7=Susana|last7=Pedro|first8=Gerd|last8=Schumacher|first9=Andreas|last9=Stötzner}}</ref> For example, {{angbr|£}}, the [[pound sign]], is stylised form of the letter {{angbr|Ꝉ}} (the letter {{angbr|L}} with a cross bar).<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/Default.aspx?PageID=14314417 | title=The Origins of £sd | publisher=The Royal Mint Museum |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200308111135/http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/Default.aspx?PageID=14314417 |archive-date= 8 March 2020|quote=It is not known for certain when the horizontal line or lines, which indicate an abbreviation, first came to be drawn through the L. However, there is in the [[Bank of England Museum]] a cheque dated 7 January 1661 with a clearly discernible £ sign. By the time the Bank was founded in 1694 the £ sign was in common use.}}</ref>
In medieval English [[scribal abbreviations]], a stroke or bar was used to indicate abbreviation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06027-n3027-medieval.pdf|title=L2/06-027: Proposal to add Medievalist characters to the UCS|date=2006-01-30|first1=Michael|last1=Everson|first2=Peter|last2=Baker|first3=António|last3=Emiliano|first4=Florian|last4=Grammel|first5=Odd Einar|last5=Haugen|first6=Diana|last6=Luft|first7=Susana|last7=Pedro|first8=Gerd|last8=Schumacher|first9=Andreas|last9=Stötzner}}</ref> For example, {{angbr|£}}, the [[pound sign]], is a stylised form of the letter {{angbr|Ꝉ}} (the letter {{angbr|L}} with a cross bar).<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/Default.aspx?PageID=14314417 | title=The Origins of £sd | publisher=The Royal Mint Museum |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200308111135/http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/Default.aspx?PageID=14314417 |archive-date= 8 March 2020|quote=It is not known for certain when the horizontal line or lines, which indicate an abbreviation, first came to be drawn through the L. However, there is in the [[Bank of England Museum]] a cheque dated 7 January 1661 with a clearly discernible £ sign. By the time the Bank was founded in 1694 the £ sign was in common use.}}</ref>{{efn|See [[Pound sign#Origin]] for details.}}


For the specific usages of various letters with bars and strokes, see their individual articles.
For the specific usages of various letters with bars and strokes, see their individual articles.
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| [[Ꝗ|Ꝗ ꝗ]], [[Ꝙ|Ꝙ ꝙ]]
| [[Ꝗ|Ꝗ ꝗ]], [[Ꝙ|Ꝙ ꝙ]]
| [[Ɍ|Ɍ ɍ]], [[Ꞧ|Ꞧ ꞧ]], [[ꝶ|ꝶ ꝵ]]
| [[Ɍ|Ɍ ɍ]], [[Ꞧ|Ꞧ ꞧ]], [[ꝶ|ꝶ ꝵ]]
| [[ẜ]], [[ẝ]], [[Ꞩ|Ꞩ ꞩ]], [[Ꟊ|Ꟊ ꟊ]]
| [[ẜ]], [[ẝ]], [[Ꞩ|Ꞩ ꞩ]], [[Ꟊ|Ꟊ ꟊ]], [[Ꟍ|Ꟍ ꟍ]]
| [[Ŧ|Ŧ ŧ]], [[Ⱦ|Ⱦ ⱦ]], [[ꝷ]]
| [[Ŧ|Ŧ ŧ]], [[Ⱦ|Ⱦ ⱦ]], [[ꝷ]]
| [[Ʉ|Ʉ ʉ]], [[Ꞹ|Ꞹ ꞹ]], [[ᵾ]], [[ᶶ]], [[ᷰ]]
| [[Ʉ|Ʉ ʉ]], [[Ꞹ|Ꞹ ꞹ]], [[ᵾ]], [[ᶶ]], [[ᷰ]]
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| [[ꬰ]]<!-- (Latin equivalent of Greek letter alpha) -->
| [[ꬰ]]<!-- (Latin equivalent of Greek letter alpha) -->
| [[ᵼ]]<!-- (Latin equivalent of Greek letter iota) -->
| [[ᵼ]]<!-- (Latin equivalent of Greek letter iota) -->
| [[ƛ]]
| [[Ƛ|Ƛ ƛ]]
| [[ᵿ]]<!-- (Latin equivalent of Greek letter upsilon) -->
| [[ᵿ]]<!-- (Latin equivalent of Greek letter upsilon) -->
| [[ℏ]]
| [[ℏ]]
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==Currency signs with bar==
==Currency signs with bar==
{{Letters with diacritic/header}}<!--
{{Letters with diacritic/header}}
-->{{hlist|{{Letters with diacritic/diacritic|format=char|d=bars}}<!--
{{hlist|{{Letters with diacritic/diacritic|format=char|d=bars}}
⚫
{{Letters with diacritic/scriptname|1=Currency sign}}[[Thai baht|฿]]
-->[[Argentine austral|₳]]
⚫
| [[Ghanaian cedi|₵]]
| [[Thai baht|฿]], [[Bitcoin|₿]]
⚫
| [[Cent (currency)|¢]]
⚫
| [[Ghanaian cedi|₵]], [[Costa Rican colón|₡]]
⚫
| [[Cent (currency)|¢]], [[￠]]
| [[Vietnamese đồng|₫]]
| [[Vietnamese đồng|₫]]
| [[Euro sign|€]]
| [[French franc|₣]]
| [[French franc|₣]]
| [[Paraguayan guaraní|₲]]
| [[Paraguayan guaraní|₲]]
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| [[Hryvnia sign|₴]]
| [[Hryvnia sign|₴]]
| [[Lao kip|₭]]
| [[Lao kip|₭]]
| [[Pound sign|£]], [[Lira|₤]], [[Turkish lira sign|₺]], [[Pound sterling|￡]]
| [[Pound sign|£]]
| [[₾]]
| [[₾]]
| [[Mill (currency)|₥]]
| [[Mill (currency)|₥]]
| [[Nigerian naira|₦]]
| [[Dollar sign|$]]
| [[Philippine peso sign|₱]], [[Russian ruble sign|₽]]
| [[Armenian dram sign|֏]]
| [[Dollar sign|$]], [[Portuguese escudo|＄]]
| [[Mongolian tögrög|₮]]
| [[Primecoin|Ψ]]
| [[Primecoin|Ψ]]
| [[Quinarius|𐆗]]
| [[Quinarius|𐆗]]
| [[Won sign|₩]], [[South Korean won|￦]]
| [[Denarius|𐆖]]
| [[Denarius|𐆖]]
⚫
| [[¥]], [[Japanese yen|￥]]
| [[Indian rupee sign|₹]]
| [[Bangladeshi taka|৳]]
| [[Bangladeshi taka|৳]]
| [[Cambodian riel|៛]]
| [[Cambodian riel|៛]]
| [[As (Roman coin)|𐆚]]
| [[As (Roman coin)|𐆚]]
}}{{Letters with diacritic/footer}}<!--
}}{{Letters with diacritic/footer}}

-->


==Currency symbols and letters with double bar ==
==Currency symbols and letters with double bar ==
{{anchor|1=Letters with double bar}}
{{anchor|1=Letters with double bar}}
{{Infobox diacritic
{{Letters with diacritic/header}}
⚫
{{hlist|{{Letters with diacritic/diacritic|format=char|d=Double bar}}{{Letters with diacritic/scriptname|1=Currency sign}}<!--
|name = Double bar
|char=//
|unicode=''not a Unicode character''
}}
{{Letters with diacritic/header}}<!--
⚫
-->{{hlist|{{Letters with diacritic/diacritic|format=char|d=Double bar}}<!--
⚫
-->{{Letters with diacritic/scriptname|1=Currency sign}}<!--
-->| [[Argentine austral|₳]]
-->| [[Argentine austral|₳]]
| [[Bitcoin|₿]]
| [[Bitcoin|₿]]
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| [[Georgian lari|₾]]
| [[Georgian lari|₾]]
| [[Hryvnia sign|₴]]
| [[Hryvnia sign|₴]]
| [[Pound sign|₤]]
| [[Lira|₤]], [[Turkish lira sign|₺]]
| [[Turkish lira sign|₺]]
| [[Nigerian naira|₦]]
| [[Nigerian naira|₦]]
| [[Russian ruble sign|₽]]
| [[Philippine peso sign|₱]], [[Russian ruble sign|₽]]
| [[Armenian dram sign|֏]]
| [[Armenian dram sign|֏]]
| [[File:Cifrão symbol.svg|15px|Portuguese escudo]]
| [[File:Cifrão symbol.svg|15px|Portuguese escudo]]
| [[Mongolian tögrög|₮]]
| [[Mongolian tögrög|₮]]
| [[Won sign|₩]]
| [[Won sign|₩]]
⚫
| [[Japanese yen|¥]]
| [[Indian rupee sign|₹]]
| [[Indian rupee sign|₹]]
<!-- -->{{Letters with diacritic/scriptname|1=Other}}[[Palatal click|ǂ]]
{{Letters with diacritic/scriptname|1=Other}}[[Palatal click|ǂ]]
| [[ࢦ]]
| [[ࢦ]]
| [[Voiceless velar lateral fricative|Ⱡ]]
| [[Voiceless velar lateral fricative|Ⱡ]]
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| [[𝼋]]
| [[𝼋]]
| [[𝼌]]
| [[𝼌]]
}}{{Letters with diacritic/footer}}<!--
}}{{Letters with diacritic/footer}}

-->


==See also==
==See also==
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* [[X-bar theory]] (formal linguistics)
* [[X-bar theory]] (formal linguistics)
* [[Parallel (operator)]]
* [[Parallel (operator)]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 23:03, 12 September 2024

◌̵
Stroke, bar
◌̶ ◌̷ ◌̸
In Unicode
  • U+0335 ◌̵ COMBINING SHORT STROKE OVERLAY
  • U+0336 ◌̶ COMBINING LONG STROKE OVERLAY
  • U+0337 ◌̷ COMBINING SHORT SOLIDUS OVERLAY
  • U+0338 ◌̸ COMBINING LONG SOLIDUS OVERLAY
This article contains special characters. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols.

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.[1] )

In medieval English scribal abbreviations, a stroke or bar was used to indicate abbreviation.[2] For example, ⟨£⟩, the pound sign, is a stylised form of the letter ⟨Ꝉ⟩ (the letter ⟨L⟩ with a cross bar).[3][a]

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

Letters with bar

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Currency signs with bar

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Currency symbols and letters with double bar

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ See Pound sign#Origin for details.

References

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  1. ^ Eeva Törmänen (September 8, 2011). "Aamulehti: Opetushallitus harkitsee numero 7 viivan palauttamista". Tekniikka & Talous (in Finnish). Archived from the original on September 17, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2011.
  2. ^ Everson, Michael; Baker, Peter; Emiliano, António; Grammel, Florian; Haugen, Odd Einar; Luft, Diana; Pedro, Susana; Schumacher, Gerd; Stötzner, Andreas (2006-01-30). "L2/06-027: Proposal to add Medievalist characters to the UCS" (PDF).
  3. ^ "The Origins of £sd". The Royal Mint Museum. Archived from the original on 8 March 2020. It is not known for certain when the horizontal line or lines, which indicate an abbreviation, first came to be drawn through the L. However, there is in the Bank of England Museum a cheque dated 7 January 1661 with a clearly discernible £ sign. By the time the Bank was founded in 1694 the £ sign was in common use.
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