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A caron ( ˇ ) or háček (/ˈhɑːtʃɛk/; from
Czech háček [ˈɦaːtʃɛk]), also known as a wedge, inverted circumflex, inverted
hat, is a diacritic placed over certain letters to indicate present or
historical palatalization, iotation, or postalveolar pronunciation in the
orthography of some Baltic, Slavic, Finno-Lappic, and other languages. The
caron also indicates the third tone (falling and then rising) in the Pinyin
romanization of Mandarin Chinese.