Letters with Accents
This list is focused on Western European languages. See the individual Language pages for additional codes.
| Accent | A | E | I | O | U | Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grave Capital |
À 0192 |
È 0200 |
Ì 0204 |
Ò 0210 |
Ù 0217 |
— |
| Grave Lower Case | à 0224 |
è 0232 |
ì 0236 |
ò 0242 |
ù 0249 |
— |
| Acute Capital |
Á 0193 |
É 0201 |
Í 0205 |
Ó 0211 |
Ú 0218 |
Ý 0221 |
| Acute Lower Case | á 0225 |
é 0233 |
í 0237 |
ó 0243 |
ú 0250 |
ý 0253 |
| Circumflex Capital |
 0194 |
Ê 0202 |
Î 0206 |
Ô 0212 |
Û 0219 |
— |
| Circumflex Lower Case | â 0226 |
ê 0234 |
î 0238 |
ô 0244 |
û 0251 |
— |
| Tilde Capital |
à 0195 |
— | Ñ 0209 |
Õ 0213 |
— | — |
| Tilde Lower Case | ã 0227 |
— | ñ 0241 |
õ 0245 |
— | — |
| Umlaut Capital |
Ä 0196 |
Ë 0203 |
Ï 0207 |
Ö 0214 |
Ü 0220 |
Ÿ 0159 |
| Umlaut Lower Case | ä 0228 |
ë 0235 |
ï 0239 |
ö 0246 |
ü 0252 |
ÿ 0255 |
Example
To input the acute a á (0225), hold down the ALT key, type 0225 on the numeric keypad, then release the ALT key.
If you are having problems inputting these codes, please review the instructions for using the codes at the bottom of this Web page.
Additional Codes
See the Specific Language Page for additional codes for accented characters. Note that codes may only work in Microsoft Office.
Other Foreign Characters
| SYMBOL | NAME | CODE NUMBER |
|---|---|---|
| ¡ | Upside-down exclamation mark | 0161 |
| ¿ | Upside-down question mark | 0191 |
| Ç, ç | French C cedille (caps/lowecase) | 0199 0231 |
| Œ,œ | O-E ligature (caps/lowecase) | 0140 0156 |
| ß | German Sharp/Double S | 0223 |
| º, ª | Masculine Ordinal Number (Span/Ital/Portuguese) Feminine Ordinal Number |
0186 0170 |
| Ø,ø | Nordic O slash (caps/lowecase) | 0216 0248 |
| Å,å | Nordic A ring (caps/lowecase), Angstrom sign | 0197 0229 |
| Æ, æ | A-E ligature (caps/lowecase) | 0198 0230 |
| Þ, þ | Icelandic/Old English Thorn (caps/lowecase) See other Old English Characters |
0222 0254 |
| Ð, ð | Icelandic/Old English Eth (caps/lowecase) | 0208 0240 |
| « » | Spanish/French angle quotation marks | 0171 0187 |
| ‹ › | Spanish/French angle single quotation marks | 0139 0155 |
| Š š | Czech S hachek (S Caron) (caps/lowercase) See other Czech Characters |
0138 0154 |
| Ž ž | Czech Z hachek (Z Caron) (caps/lowercase) |
0142 0158 |
Currency Symbols
| SYMBOL | NAME | CODE NUMBER |
|---|---|---|
| ¢ | Cent sign | 0162 |
| £ | British Pound | 0163 |
| € | Euro currency | 0128 |
| ¥ | Japanese Yen | 0165 |
| ƒ | Dutch Florin | 0131 |
| ¤ | Generic currency symbol | 0164 |
Math Symbols
| SYMBOL | NAME | CODE NUMBER |
|---|---|---|
| ÷ | Division sign | 0247 |
| ° | Degree symbol | 0176 |
| ¬ | Not symbol | 0172 |
| ± | Plus/minus | 0177 |
| µ | Micro | 0181 |
| ‰ | Per Mille (1/1000th) | 0137
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