U+005E CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT

The Unicode character U+005E, officially named CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT, was introduced in Unicode version 1.1. It is part of the ASCII block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual plane. Previously, it was also referred to as SPACING CIRCUMFLEX.

Categorized technically as a Modifier Symbol, this character typically falls under the Common script. In terms of text layout and rendering, the glyph is not a composition and has narrow in East Asian typography. When placed in bidirectional text, it behaves as an Other Neutral character. Its visual representation remains not mirrored regardless of the reading direction.