A caron ( ˇ ) or háček (pronounced ; in Czech) (also spelled haček or hacek), also known as 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.

see Saga of Christian Caron.