0x30C

0x30C is the hexadecimal representation of the number 780. In Unicode contexts, it is commonly associated with the code point U+030C, the COMBINING CARON. This code point is not a standalone letter; it is a combining diacritic placed above the preceding base character to create letters with a caron, such as č, š, and ž in various Latin-script languages.

As a combining mark, U+030C follows a base character rather than being a full independent glyph. When rendered, the caron diacritic sits above the previous character. In many cases, the same character can also be represented by a precomposed code point (for example, č is U+010D), and Unicode normalization may map between the decomposed base-plus-combining form and the single precomposed form depending on the normalization form used.

In terms of encoding, U+030C is encoded in UTF-8 as the two-byte sequence 0xC3 0x8C. It is part of the Unicode Combining Diacritical Marks block, which spans U+0300 to U+032F and includes various diacritics used across languages and phonetic notation.

Usage notes: The combining caron is widely used in Central and Eastern European languages to indicate palatalization or specific phonetic values. When typing, support for proper rendering depends on font support and text shaping, as some environments compose base letters with the diacritic into precomposed equivalents, while others render the combining mark explicitly.