# Romanian letters to copy and paste

Copy Romanian Ă, Â, Î, Ș, and Ț in uppercase and lowercase. Use the correct comma-below forms for S and T.

## Characters available in this tool

- Ă: Capital A with breve (U+0102)
- ă: Lowercase a with breve (U+0103)
- Â: Capital A with circumflex (U+00C2)
- â: Lowercase a with circumflex (U+00E2)
- Î: Capital I with circumflex (U+00CE)
- î: Lowercase i with circumflex (U+00EE)
- Ș: Capital S with comma below (U+0218)
- ș: Lowercase s with comma below (U+0219)
- Ț: Capital T with comma below (U+021A)
- ț: Lowercase t with comma below (U+021B)

## Find the right character

### A with breve

Ă ă

A with breve is a Romanian vowel letter.

### Circumflex vowels

 â Î î

A and I with circumflex represent the same vowel sound but follow different spelling positions and word-formation rules.

### Comma-below consonants

Ș ș Ț ț

Modern Romanian uses S and T with comma below, not the older cedilla substitutions.

## How to type and insert these characters

### Enable Romanian input for regular writing

Use a Romanian keyboard layout when writing sentences. It provides the correct comma-below characters and language-aware spelling support.

### Add Romanian to the keyboard

Use long-press choices or direct keys from the Romanian layout. Confirm that S and T use a comma below.

### Convert Unicode values

In Word, use 0219 plus Alt+X for ș, 021B for ț, 0103 for ă, 00E2 for â, and 00EE for î.

### Copy the correct precomposed form

Copy the letter above for names, quotations, and occasional use without changing your keyboard.

## Character codes

| Character | Name | Group | Unicode | Windows Alt | HTML named | HTML decimal |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ă | Capital A with breve | Breve | `U+0102` | Not standard | `Ă` | `Ă` |
| ă | Lowercase a with breve | Breve | `U+0103` | Not standard | `ă` | `ă` |
| Â | Capital A with circumflex | Circumflex | `U+00C2` | `Alt+0194` | `Â` | `Â` |
| â | Lowercase a with circumflex | Circumflex | `U+00E2` | `Alt+0226` | `â` | `â` |
| Î | Capital I with circumflex | Circumflex | `U+00CE` | `Alt+0206` | `Î` | `Î` |
| î | Lowercase i with circumflex | Circumflex | `U+00EE` | `Alt+0238` | `î` | `î` |
| Ș | Capital S with comma below | Comma below | `U+0218` | Not standard | Not listed | `Ș` |
| ș | Lowercase s with comma below | Comma below | `U+0219` | Not standard | Not listed | `ș` |
| Ț | Capital T with comma below | Comma below | `U+021A` | Not standard | Not listed | `Ț` |
| ț | Lowercase t with comma below | Comma below | `U+021B` | Not standard | Not listed | `ț` |

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.

## Which special letters does Romanian use?

Modern Romanian uses five base letters with diacritics: ă, â, î, ș, and ț. Their uppercase partners retain the mark.

 and î represent the same sound in modern standard Romanian, but spelling rules determine which base letter appears. The choice cannot be made from pronunciation alone.

Older systems sometimes used ş and ţ with cedillas because fonts lacked the comma-below characters. Current Romanian text should use ș and ț.

**Ș and Ț use a comma below**

Romanian ș and ț are encoded separately from Turkish ş and the cedilla form ţ. The lower marks may look similar in some fonts, but the characters are not interchangeable.

## Questions about Romanian letters

### What are the five Romanian letters with diacritics?

They are Ă ă, Â â, Î î, Ș ș, and Ț ț.

### Does Romanian use cedilla or comma below?

Modern Romanian uses Ș ș and Ț ț with comma below.

### What is the difference between â and î?

They represent the same vowel sound in standard Romanian, but orthographic rules determine their positions in words.

### How do I type ș in Word?

Type 0219 and press Alt+X for ș. Use 0218 for uppercase Ș.

## Related character pages

- [All language collections](https://umlautletters.com/languages/)
- [T with accent](https://umlautletters.com/t-with-accent/)
- [A with accent](https://umlautletters.com/a-with-accent/)
- [I with accent](https://umlautletters.com/i-with-accent/)
- [S with accent](https://umlautletters.com/s-with-accent/)
- [Accent marks](https://umlautletters.com/accent-marks/)
- [All accented letters](https://umlautletters.com/accented-letters/)

References: [Romanian Academy language regulations](https://acad.ro/institutia/limba_romana_reglementari.html), [Unicode Latin Extended-A](https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0100.pdf), [Unicode Latin Extended Additional](https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1E00.pdf), [Apple accent entry guidance](https://support.apple.com/en-us/guide/mac-help/mh27474/mac), [Microsoft Word character codes](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/word/insert-ascii-or-unicode-character-codes-in-word).

[View this page on Umlaut Letters](https://umlautletters.com/romanian-letters/)

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