LANGUAGE CHARACTER SETS

Czech and Slovak letters to copy and paste

Copy the accented Latin letters used in Czech and Slovak. Shared characters and language-specific forms are grouped so you can choose the correct spelling.

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QUICK REFERENCE

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Shared acute vowels

Á á É é Í í Ó ó Ú ú Ý ý

Both languages use acute vowels to mark length.

Shared caron consonants

Č č Ď ď Ň ň Š š Ť ť Ž ž

Both languages use these consonant letters with caron.

Czech-specific practical forms

Ě ě Ř ř Ů ů

These forms distinguish the Czech set in ordinary modern writing.

Slovak-specific practical forms

Ä ä Ĺ ĺ Ľ ľ Ô ô Ŕ ŕ

These forms distinguish the Slovak set in ordinary modern writing.

KEYBOARD METHODS

How to type and insert these characters

01 / DESKTOP

Add the Czech or Slovak layout

A language-specific layout is the best method for regular writing. It provides the required letters and makes the selected language visible to spelling tools.

02 / MOBILE

Enable the matching language keyboard

Hold base letters for variants and use the Czech or Slovak layout for predictions and complete punctuation.

03 / WORD

Use Unicode and Alt+X

Convert an exact hexadecimal value in Word, such as 0159 for ř, 016F for ů, 013E for ľ, or 00F4 for ô.

04 / OCCASIONAL USE

Copy the verified character

Copy one character here when changing layouts would interrupt the task. Verify the mark and language before pasting.

UNICODE REFERENCE

Character codes

Character	Name	Group	Unicode	Windows Alt	HTML named	HTML decimal
Á	Capital A with acute	Acute vowels	`U+00C1`	`Alt+0193`	`Á`	`Á`
á	Lowercase a with acute	Acute vowels	`U+00E1`	`Alt+0225`	`á`	`á`
É	Capital E with acute	Acute vowels	`U+00C9`	`Alt+0201`	`É`	`É`
é	Lowercase e with acute	Acute vowels	`U+00E9`	`Alt+0233`	`é`	`é`
Í	Capital I with acute	Acute vowels	`U+00CD`	`Alt+0205`	`Í`	`Í`
í	Lowercase i with acute	Acute vowels	`U+00ED`	`Alt+0237`	`í`	`í`
Ó	Capital O with acute	Acute vowels	`U+00D3`	`Alt+0211`	`Ó`	`Ó`
ó	Lowercase o with acute	Acute vowels	`U+00F3`	`Alt+0243`	`ó`	`ó`
Ú	Capital U with acute	Acute vowels	`U+00DA`	`Alt+0218`	`Ú`	`Ú`
ú	Lowercase u with acute	Acute vowels	`U+00FA`	`Alt+0250`	`ú`	`ú`
Ý	Capital Y with acute	Acute vowels	`U+00DD`	`Alt+0221`	`Ý`	`Ý`
ý	Lowercase y with acute	Acute vowels	`U+00FD`	`Alt+0253`	`ý`	`ý`
Č	Capital C with caron	Caron letters	`U+010C`	Not standard	`&Ccaron;`	`Č`
č	Lowercase c with caron	Caron letters	`U+010D`	Not standard	`&ccaron;`	`č`
Ď	Capital D with caron	Caron letters	`U+010E`	Not standard	`&Dcaron;`	`Ď`
ď	Lowercase d with caron	Caron letters	`U+010F`	Not standard	`&dcaron;`	`ď`
Ě	Capital E with caron	Caron letters	`U+011A`	Not standard	`&Ecaron;`	`Ě`
ě	Lowercase e with caron	Caron letters	`U+011B`	Not standard	`&ecaron;`	`ě`
Ľ	Capital L with caron	Caron letters	`U+013D`	Not standard	`&Lcaron;`	`Ľ`
ľ	Lowercase l with caron	Caron letters	`U+013E`	Not standard	`&lcaron;`	`ľ`
Ň	Capital N with caron	Caron letters	`U+0147`	Not standard	`&Ncaron;`	`Ň`
ň	Lowercase n with caron	Caron letters	`U+0148`	Not standard	`&ncaron;`	`ň`
Ř	Capital R with caron	Caron letters	`U+0158`	Not standard	`&Rcaron;`	`Ř`
ř	Lowercase r with caron	Caron letters	`U+0159`	Not standard	`&rcaron;`	`ř`
Š	Capital S with caron	Caron letters	`U+0160`	`Alt+0138`	`&Scaron;`	`Š`
š	Lowercase s with caron	Caron letters	`U+0161`	`Alt+0154`	`&scaron;`	`š`
Ť	Capital T with caron	Caron letters	`U+0164`	Not standard	`&Tcaron;`	`Ť`
ť	Lowercase t with caron	Caron letters	`U+0165`	Not standard	`&tcaron;`	`ť`
Ž	Capital Z with caron	Caron letters	`U+017D`	`Alt+0142`	`&Zcaron;`	`Ž`
ž	Lowercase z with caron	Caron letters	`U+017E`	`Alt+0158`	`&zcaron;`	`ž`
Ĺ	Capital L with acute	Slovak long consonants	`U+0139`	Not standard	`&Lacute;`	`Ĺ`
ĺ	Lowercase l with acute	Slovak long consonants	`U+013A`	Not standard	`&lacute;`	`ĺ`
Ŕ	Capital R with acute	Slovak long consonants	`U+0154`	Not standard	`&Racute;`	`Ŕ`
ŕ	Lowercase r with acute	Slovak long consonants	`U+0155`	Not standard	`&racute;`	`ŕ`
Ä	Capital A with diaeresis	Language-specific vowels	`U+00C4`	`Alt+0196`	`Ä`	`Ä`
ä	Lowercase a with diaeresis	Language-specific vowels	`U+00E4`	`Alt+0228`	`ä`	`ä`
Ô	Capital O with circumflex	Language-specific vowels	`U+00D4`	`Alt+0212`	`Ô`	`Ô`
ô	Lowercase o with circumflex	Language-specific vowels	`U+00F4`	`Alt+0244`	`ô`	`ô`
Ů	Capital U with ring above	Language-specific vowels	`U+016E`	Not standard	`&Uring;`	`Ů`
ů	Lowercase u with ring above	Language-specific vowels	`U+016F`	Not standard	`&uring;`	`ů`

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

How do Czech and Slovak letter sets differ?

Czech and Slovak are closely related West Slavic languages that share many acute and caron letters. Their practical character sets are not identical.

Czech includes ě, ř, and ů. Slovak includes ä, ĺ, ľ, ô, and ŕ. The combination ch has a special alphabetic role in both languages, but it contains two Unicode characters and therefore is not a single copy button.

Letters with marks keep those marks in uppercase. Names and quotations should retain the original language’s spelling even when an English keyboard makes entry less convenient.

Czech ř and Slovak ŕ are different

Ř has a caron and is characteristic of Czech. Ŕ has an acute accent and occurs in Slovak. They have different marks, pronunciations, and Unicode values.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Questions about Czech and Slovak letters

What letters are unique to Czech compared with Slovak?

The most visible Czech-specific forms in this shared reference are ě, ř, and ů.

What letters are characteristic of Slovak?

The Slovak set includes forms such as ä, ĺ, ľ, ô, and ŕ that are not part of the standard Czech set.

Is ch one character?

It has a special alphabetic role, but in Unicode text it is written as the two characters c and h.

What keyboard should I use?

Enable the Czech layout for Czech writing and the Slovak layout for Slovak writing. Copying is suitable for occasional characters.

Related character pages

References: Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre language guidance, Slovak Ministry of Culture language codification, Unicode Latin Extended-A, Unicode Latin Extended Additional, Apple accent entry guidance, Microsoft Word character codes.