DIACRITICAL MARK COLLECTION

Accent marks and accented letters

Copy letters with acute, grave, circumflex, tilde, diaeresis, cedilla, caron, macron, or ogonek marks. Browse by the shape above or below the letter.

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Acute accent

Á á É é Í í Ó ó Ú ú Ś ś

A diagonal stroke rising to the right. It can mark stress, vowel quality, tone, or a distinct letter.

Grave accent

À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù

A diagonal stroke falling to the right. Its function varies among French, Italian, Portuguese, Welsh, and other writing systems.

Circumflex

Â â Ê ê Î î Ô ô Û û

A pointed roof above a letter. It can affect pronunciation, spelling, tone, or historical interpretation.

Tilde

Ã ã Ñ ñ Õ õ

A wavy line above a letter. It can indicate nasalization, tone, or a separate alphabet letter.

Diaeresis

Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü

Two dots above a letter. The same encoded forms can function as a diaeresis, an umlaut, or part of an alphabet letter.

Cedilla

Ç ç Ş ş

A hook-shaped mark below a letter. Do not confuse it with the separate comma-below characters used in Romanian.

Caron

Č č Ď ď Ě ě Ň ň Ř ř Š š Ť ť Ž ž

A small wedge above a letter. It appears prominently in Czech and Slovak spelling and in several other Latin alphabets.

Macron

Ā ā Ē ē Ī ī Ō ō Ū ū

A horizontal line above a letter. It can mark vowel length or serve a defined role in an orthography or transliteration system.

Ogonek

Ą ą Ę ę Į į Ų ų

A small hook attached below a letter. It is distinct from a cedilla and has language-specific sound and spelling roles.

KEYBOARD METHODS

How to type and insert these characters

01 / COPY & PASTE

Choose the finished letter

Select the complete character above, then paste it into your document. Copying the finished precomposed letter is usually more dependable than copying a loose accent mark.

02 / WINDOWS

Use Character Map or a language layout

Character Map can insert letters that have no familiar Alt code. For repeated writing, add the keyboard layout for the language and switch layouts from the taskbar.

03 / MAC & MOBILE

Hold the base letter

On Mac, iPhone, iPad, and many Android keyboards, hold the base letter and choose a marked form. The available choices depend on the active keyboard and language.

04 / WORD & WEB

Use Unicode when precision matters

In Microsoft Word, type a hexadecimal code and press Alt+X. In HTML, insert the Unicode character directly in UTF-8 text or use the decimal entity shown in the table.

UNICODE REFERENCE

Character codes

Character	Name	Group	Unicode	Windows Alt	HTML named	HTML decimal
Á	Capital A with acute	Vowels	`U+00C1`	`Alt+0193`	`Á`	`Á`
á	Lowercase a with acute	Vowels	`U+00E1`	`Alt+0225`	`á`	`á`
É	Capital E with acute	Vowels	`U+00C9`	`Alt+0201`	`É`	`É`
é	Lowercase e with acute	Vowels	`U+00E9`	`Alt+0233`	`é`	`é`
Í	Capital I with acute	Vowels	`U+00CD`	`Alt+0205`	`Í`	`Í`
í	Lowercase i with acute	Vowels	`U+00ED`	`Alt+0237`	`í`	`í`
Ó	Capital O with acute	Vowels	`U+00D3`	`Alt+0211`	`Ó`	`Ó`
ó	Lowercase o with acute	Vowels	`U+00F3`	`Alt+0243`	`ó`	`ó`
Ú	Capital U with acute	Vowels	`U+00DA`	`Alt+0218`	`Ú`	`Ú`
ú	Lowercase u with acute	Vowels	`U+00FA`	`Alt+0250`	`ú`	`ú`
Ś	Capital S with acute	Consonants	`U+015A`	Not standard	`&Sacute;`	`Ś`
ś	Lowercase s with acute	Consonants	`U+015B`	Not standard	`&sacute;`	`ś`
À	Capital A with grave	Common vowels	`U+00C0`	`Alt+0192`	`À`	`À`
à	Lowercase a with grave	Common vowels	`U+00E0`	`Alt+0224`	`à`	`à`
È	Capital E with grave	Common vowels	`U+00C8`	`Alt+0200`	`È`	`È`
è	Lowercase e with grave	Common vowels	`U+00E8`	`Alt+0232`	`è`	`è`
Ì	Capital I with grave	Common vowels	`U+00CC`	`Alt+0204`	`Ì`	`Ì`
ì	Lowercase i with grave	Common vowels	`U+00EC`	`Alt+0236`	`ì`	`ì`
Ò	Capital O with grave	Common vowels	`U+00D2`	`Alt+0210`	`Ò`	`Ò`
ò	Lowercase o with grave	Common vowels	`U+00F2`	`Alt+0242`	`ò`	`ò`
Ù	Capital U with grave	Common vowels	`U+00D9`	`Alt+0217`	`Ù`	`Ù`
ù	Lowercase u with grave	Common vowels	`U+00F9`	`Alt+0249`	`ù`	`ù`
Â	Capital A with circumflex	Vowels	`U+00C2`	`Alt+0194`	`Â`	`Â`
â	Lowercase a with circumflex	Vowels	`U+00E2`	`Alt+0226`	`â`	`â`
Ê	Capital E with circumflex	Vowels	`U+00CA`	`Alt+0202`	`Ê`	`Ê`
ê	Lowercase e with circumflex	Vowels	`U+00EA`	`Alt+0234`	`ê`	`ê`
Î	Capital I with circumflex	Vowels	`U+00CE`	`Alt+0206`	`Î`	`Î`
î	Lowercase i with circumflex	Vowels	`U+00EE`	`Alt+0238`	`î`	`î`
Ô	Capital O with circumflex	Vowels	`U+00D4`	`Alt+0212`	`Ô`	`Ô`
ô	Lowercase o with circumflex	Vowels	`U+00F4`	`Alt+0244`	`ô`	`ô`
Û	Capital U with circumflex	Vowels	`U+00DB`	`Alt+0219`	`Û`	`Û`
û	Lowercase u with circumflex	Vowels	`U+00FB`	`Alt+0251`	`û`	`û`
Ã	Capital A with tilde	Vowels	`U+00C3`	`Alt+0195`	`Ã`	`Ã`
ã	Lowercase a with tilde	Vowels	`U+00E3`	`Alt+0227`	`ã`	`ã`
Õ	Capital O with tilde	Vowels	`U+00D5`	`Alt+0213`	`Õ`	`Õ`
õ	Lowercase o with tilde	Vowels	`U+00F5`	`Alt+0245`	`õ`	`õ`
Ñ	Capital N with tilde	Consonants	`U+00D1`	`Alt+0209`	`Ñ`	`Ñ`
ñ	Lowercase n with tilde	Consonants	`U+00F1`	`Alt+0241`	`ñ`	`ñ`
Ä	Capital A with diaeresis	Vowels	`U+00C4`	`Alt+0196`	`Ä`	`Ä`
ä	Lowercase a with diaeresis	Vowels	`U+00E4`	`Alt+0228`	`ä`	`ä`
Ë	Capital E with diaeresis	Vowels	`U+00CB`	`Alt+0203`	`Ë`	`Ë`
ë	Lowercase e with diaeresis	Vowels	`U+00EB`	`Alt+0235`	`ë`	`ë`
Ï	Capital I with diaeresis	Vowels	`U+00CF`	`Alt+0207`	`Ï`	`Ï`
ï	Lowercase i with diaeresis	Vowels	`U+00EF`	`Alt+0239`	`ï`	`ï`
Ö	Capital O with diaeresis	Vowels	`U+00D6`	`Alt+0214`	`Ö`	`Ö`
ö	Lowercase o with diaeresis	Vowels	`U+00F6`	`Alt+0246`	`ö`	`ö`
Ü	Capital U with diaeresis	Vowels	`U+00DC`	`Alt+0220`	`Ü`	`Ü`
ü	Lowercase u with diaeresis	Vowels	`U+00FC`	`Alt+0252`	`ü`	`ü`
Ç	Capital C with cedilla	Common forms	`U+00C7`	`Alt+0199`	`Ç`	`Ç`
ç	Lowercase c with cedilla	Common forms	`U+00E7`	`Alt+0231`	`ç`	`ç`
Ş	Capital S with cedilla	Common forms	`U+015E`	Not standard	`&Scedil;`	`Ş`
ş	Lowercase s with cedilla	Common forms	`U+015F`	Not standard	`&scedil;`	`ş`
Č	Capital C with caron	Caron	`U+010C`	Not standard	Not listed	`Č`
č	Lowercase c with caron	Caron	`U+010D`	Not standard	Not listed	`č`
Ā	Capital A with macron	Macron	`U+0100`	Not standard	Not listed	`Ā`
ā	Lowercase a with macron	Macron	`U+0101`	Not standard	Not listed	`ā`
Ą	Capital A with ogonek	Ogonek	`U+0104`	Not standard	Not listed	`Ą`
ą	Lowercase a with ogonek	Ogonek	`U+0105`	Not standard	Not listed	`ą`

For ordinary writing, copy and paste the character itself. Use an HTML entity only in HTML source. A listed Windows Alt code requires a numeric keypad and may depend on the active character set.

USAGE GUIDE

What is an accent mark?

An accent mark is a familiar name for a diacritic attached to a letter. Depending on the language, the mark may indicate stress, pronunciation, vowel length, tone, grammatical information, or a distinct alphabet letter.

The same shape does not always perform the same job. The two dots in German ü are an umlaut, while the same encoded character can be described as a diaeresis when it separates neighboring vowels. Spanish ñ is a letter in its own right, even though the visible mark is a tilde.

Unicode can represent many accented letters as one precomposed character or as a base letter followed by a combining mark. They may look identical, but they contain different code-point sequences. Use the finished character supplied by the original spelling whenever possible.

The accent key is not always the accent character

Keyboard punctuation such as apostrophe, grave, caret, and tilde may act as dead keys, spacing symbols, or ordinary punctuation. A finished accented letter such as é is a separate text result. Copy the completed letter when that is what the destination requires.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Questions about Accent marks

What are the most common accent marks?

Common Latin-script marks include the acute, grave, circumflex, tilde, diaeresis, cedilla, macron, caron, breve, ring above, and ogonek.

Are accent marks and diacritics the same?

Accent mark is the common everyday term. Diacritic is broader and includes marks that are not necessarily used to show stress.

Can an accent change the meaning of a word?

Yes. Depending on the language, removing or changing a mark can alter pronunciation, stress, meaning, grammar, or the identity of the letter.

Why does an accented letter look different after pasting?

The destination applies its own font. Shape, weight, and spacing can change even when the underlying Unicode character stays the same.

Should I copy the mark by itself?

Usually no. Copy the complete accented letter. Use a combining mark only when you deliberately need to build a sequence that has no suitable precomposed character.

Related character pages

References: Unicode Combining Diacritical Marks, Unicode Latin Extended-A, Unicode Latin Extended Additional, Apple accent entry guidance, Microsoft character code guidance.