`

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]

` 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

• Grave accent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Backtick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia