Entities, symbols & characters have four methods of reference:
Named, Decimal, Hexadecimal, and Unicode, but only the Decimal form is reliable across browsers and platforms.
To use decimal notation encoded in UTF-8 insert
<meta charset=“utf-8”>
as the first line in the <head> of your document.
The name is an acronym of Unicode Transformation Format 8-bit.
Unicode is an abbreviation of Universal Coded Character Set.
It is a Character encoding capable of encoding all characters,
1, 114, 112 in total.
It is the dominant character encoding for the world wide web, accounting for 93.9% of web pages in March 2026.
| character | notation | browser |
|---|---|---|
| Umlaut | ¨ | ¨ |
| Macron | ¯ | ¯ |
| Acute | ´ | ´ |
| Cedilla | ¸ | ¸ |
| Circumflex | ˆ | ˆ |
| Caron | ˇ | ˇ |
| Macron small | ˉ | ˉ |
| Breve | ˘ | ˘ |
| Dot above | ˙ | ˙ |
| Ring above | ˚ | ˚ |
| Ogonek | ˛ | ˛ |
| Small tilde | ˜ | ˜ |
| Double acute | ˝ | ˝ |
| character | notation | browser |
|---|---|---|
| A grave | À | À |
| a grave | à | à |
| A acute | Á | Á |
| a acute | á | á |
| A circumflex | Â | Â |
| a circumflex | â | â |
| A tilde | Ã | Ã |
| a tilde | ã | ã |
| A umlaut | Ä | Ä |
| a umlaut | ä | ä |
| A ring | Å | Å |
| a ring | å | å |
| A macron | Ā | Ā |
| a macron | ā | ā |
| A breve | Ă | Ă |
| a breve | ă | ă |
| A ogonek | Ą | Ą |
| a ogonek | ą | ą |
| A caron | Ǎ | Ǎ |
| a caron | ǎ | ǎ |
| A ring acute | Ǻ | Ǻ |
| a ring acute | ǻ | ǻ |
| A dot | Ạ | Ạ |
| a dot | ạ | ạ |
| A hook | Ả | Ả |
| a hook | ả | ả |
| A circumflex acute | Ấ | Ấ |
| a circumflex acute | ấ | ấ |
| A circumflex grave | Ầ | Ầ |
| a circumflex grave | ầ | ầ |
| A circumflex hook | Ẩ | Ẩ |
| a circumflex hook | ẩ | ẩ |
| A circumflex tilde | Ẫ | Ẫ |
| a circumflex tilde | ẫ | ẫ |
| A circumflex dot | Ậ | Ậ |
| a circumflex dot | ậ | ậ |
| A breve acute | Ắ | Ắ |
| a breve acute | ắ | ắ |
| A breve grave | Ằ | Ằ |
| a breve grave | ằ | ằ |
| A breve hook | Ẳ | Ẳ |
| a breve hook | ẳ | ẳ |
| A breve tilde | Ẵ | Ẵ |
| a breve tilde | ẵ | ẵ |
| A breve dot | Ặ | Ặ |
| a breve dot | ặ | ặ |
| character | notation | browser |
|---|---|---|
| C cedilla | Ç | Ç |
| C cedilla | ç | ç |
| C acute | Ć | Ć |
| C acute | ć | ć |
| C circumflex | Ĉ | Ĉ |
| C circumflex | ĉ | ĉ |
| C dot | Ċ | Ċ |
| C dot | ċ | ċ |
| C caron | Č | Č |
| C caron | č | č |
| D caron | Ď | Ď |
| d caron | ď | ď |
| D stroke | Đ | Đ |
| d stroke | đ | đ |
| character | notation | browser |
|---|---|---|
| E grave | È | È |
| e grave | è | è |
| E acute | É | É |
| e acute | é | é |
| E circumflex | Ê | Ê |
| e circumflex | ê | ê |
| E umlaut | Ë | Ë |
| e umlaut | ë | ë |
| E macron | Ē | Ē |
| e macron | ē | ē |
| E breve | Ĕ | Ĕ |
| e breve | ĕ | ĕ |
| E dot | Ė | Ė |
| e dot | ė | ė |
| E ogonek | Ę | Ę |
| e ogonek | ę | ę |
| E caron | Ě | Ě |
| e caron | ě | ě |
| E dot | Ẹ | Ẹ |
| e dot | ẹ | ẹ |
| E hook | Ẻ | Ẻ |
| e hook | ẻ | ẻ |
| E tilde | Ẽ | Ẽ |
| e tilde | ẽ | ẽ |
| E circumflex acute | Ế | Ế |
| e circumflex acute | ế | ế |
| E circumflex grave | Ề | Ề |
| e circumflex grave | ề | ề |
| E circumflex hook | Ể | Ể |
| e circumflex hook | ể | ể |
| E circumflex tilde | Ễ | Ễ |
| e circumflex tilde | ễ | ễ |
| E circumflex dot | Ệ | Ệ |
| e circumflex dot | ệ | ệ |
| f hook | ƒ | ƒ |
| G circumflex | Ĝ | Ĝ |
| g circumflex | ĝ | ĝ |
| G breve | Ğ | Ğ |
| g breve | ğ | ğ |
| G dot | Ġ | Ġ |
| g dot | ġ | ġ |
| G cedilla | Ģ | Ģ |
| g cedilla | ģ | ģ |
| character | notation | browser |
|---|---|---|
| H circumflex | Ĥ | Ĥ |
| h circumflex | ĥ | ĥ |
| H stroke | Ħ | Ħ |
| h stroke | ħ | ħ |
| I grave | Ì | Ì |
| i grave | ì | ì |
| I acute | Í | Í |
| i acute | í | í |
| I circumflex | Î | Î |
| i circumflex | î | î |
| I umlaut | Ï | Ï |
| i umlaut | ï | ï |
| I tilde | Ĩ | Ĩ |
| i tilde | ĩ | ĩ |
| I macron | Ī | Ī |
| i macron | ī | ī |
| I breve | Ĭ | Ĭ |
| i breve | ĭ | ĭ |
| I ogonek | Į | Į |
| i ogonek | į | į |
| I dot | İ | İ |
| dotless i | ı | ı |
| I caron | Ǐ | Ǐ |
| i caron | ǐ | ǐ |
| I hook | Ỉ | Ỉ |
| i hook | ỉ | ỉ |
| I dot | Ị | Ị |
| i dot | ị | ị |
| J circumflex | Ĵ | Ĵ |
| j circumflex | ĵ | ĵ |
| K cedilla | Ķ | Ķ |
| k cedilla | ķ | ķ |
| character | notation | browser |
|---|---|---|
| L acute | Ĺ | Ĺ |
| l acute | ĺ | ĺ |
| L cedilla | Ļ | Ļ |
| l cedilla | ļ | ļ |
| L caron | Ľ | Ľ |
| l caron | ľ | ľ |
| L middle dot | Ŀ | Ŀ |
| l middle dot | ŀ | ŀ |
| L stroke | Ł | Ł |
| l stroke | ł | ł |
| Script lowercase l | ℓ | ℓ |
| N tilde | Ñ | Ñ |
| n tilde | ñ | ñ |
| N acute | Ń | Ń |
| n acute | ń | ń |
| N cedilla | Ņ | Ņ |
| n cedilla | ņ | ņ |
| N caron | Ň | Ň |
| n caron | ň | ň |
| n preceded by apostrophe | ʼn | ʼn |
| character | notation | browser |
|---|---|---|
| O grave | Ò | Ò |
| o grave | ò | ò |
| O acute | Ó | Ó |
| o acute | ó | ó |
| O circumflex | Ô | Ô |
| o circumflex | ô | ô |
| O tilde | Õ | Õ |
| o tilde | õ | õ |
| O umlaut | Ö | Ö |
| o umlaut | ö | ö |
| O slash | Ø | Ø |
| o slash | ø | ø |
| O macron | Ō | Ō |
| o macron | ō | ō |
| O breve | Ŏ | Ŏ |
| o breve | ŏ | ŏ |
| O double acute | Ő | Ő |
| o double acute | ő | ő |
| O horn | Ơ | Ơ |
| o horn | ơ | ơ |
| O caron | Ǒ | Ǒ |
| o caron | ǒ | ǒ |
| O stroke acute | Ǿ | Ǿ |
| o stroke acute | ǿ | ǿ |
| O dot | Ọ | Ọ |
| o dot | ọ | ọ |
| O hook | Ỏ | Ỏ |
| o hook | ỏ | ỏ |
| O circumflex acute | Ố | Ố |
| o circumflex acute | ố | ố |
| O circumflex grave | Ồ | Ồ |
| o circumflex grave | ồ | ồ |
| O circumflex hook | Ổ | Ổ |
| o circumflex hook | ổ | ổ |
| O circumflex tilde | Ỗ | Ỗ |
| o circumflex tilde | ỗ | ỗ |
| O circumflex dot | Ộ | Ộ |
| o circumflex dot | ộ | ộ |
| O horn acute | Ớ | Ớ |
| o horn acute | ớ | ớ |
| O horn grave | Ờ | Ờ |
| o horn grave | ờ | ờ |
| O horn hook | Ở | Ở |
| o horn hook | ở | ở |
| O horn tilde | Ỡ | Ỡ |
| o horn tilde | ỡ | ỡ |
| O horn dot | Ợ | Ợ |
| o horn dot | ợ | ợ |
| character | notation | browser |
|---|---|---|
| R acute | Ŕ | Ŕ |
| r acute | ŕ | ŕ |
| R cedilla | Ŗ | Ŗ |
| r cedilla | ŗ | ŗ |
| R caron | Ř | Ř |
| r caron | ř | ř |
| S acute | Ś | Ś |
| s acute | ś | ś |
| S circumflex | Ŝ | Ŝ |
| s circumflex | ŝ | ŝ |
| S cedilla | Ş | Ş |
| s cedilla | ş | ş |
| S caron | Š | Š |
| s caron | š | š |
| T cedilla | Ţ | Ţ |
| t cedilla | ţ | ţ |
| T caron | Ť | Ť |
| t caron | ť | ť |
| T stroke | Ŧ | Ŧ |
| t stroke | ŧ | ŧ |
| character | notation | browser |
|---|---|---|
| U grave | Ù | Ù |
| u grave | ù | ù |
| U acute | Ú | Ú |
| u acute | ú | ú |
| U circumflex | Û | Û |
| u circumflex | û | û |
| U umlaut | Ü | Ü |
| u umlaut | ü | ü |
| U tilde | Ũ | Ũ |
| u tilde | ũ | ũ |
| U macron | Ū | Ū |
| u macron | ū | ū |
| U breve | Ŭ | Ŭ |
| u breve | ŭ | ŭ |
| U ring | Ů | Ů |
| u ring | ů | ů |
| U double acute | Ű | Ű |
| u double acute | ű | ű |
| U ogonek | Ų | Ų |
| u ogonek | ų | ų |
| U horn | Ư | Ư |
| u horn | ư | ư |
| U caron | Ǔ | Ǔ |
| u caron | ǔ | ǔ |
| U umlaut macron | Ǖ | Ǖ |
| u umlaut macron | ǖ | ǖ |
| U umlaut acute | Ǘ | Ǘ |
| u umlaut acute | ǘ | ǘ |
| U umlaut caron | Ǚ | Ǚ |
| u umlaut caron | ǚ | ǚ |
| U umlaut grave | Ǜ | Ǜ |
| u umlaut grave | ǜ | ǜ |
| U dot | Ụ | Ụ |
| u dot | ụ | ụ |
| U hook | Ủ | Ủ |
| u hook | ủ | ủ |
| U horn acute | Ứ | Ứ |
| u horn acute | ứ | ứ |
| U horn grave | Ừ | Ừ |
| u horn grave | ừ | ừ |
| U horn hook | Ử | Ử |
| u horn hook | ử | ử |
| U horn tilde | Ữ | Ữ |
| u horn tilde | ữ | ữ |
| U horn dot | Ự | Ự |
| u horn dot | ự | ự |
| character | notation | browser |
|---|---|---|
| W circumflex | Ŵ | Ŵ |
| w circumflex | ŵ | ŵ |
| W grave | Ẁ | Ẁ |
| w grave | ẁ | ẁ |
| W acute | Ẃ | Ẃ |
| w acute | ẃ | ẃ |
| W umlaut | Ẅ | Ẅ |
| w umlaut | ẅ | ẅ |
| Y acute | Ý | Ý |
| y acute | ý | ý |
| Y umlaut | Ÿ | Ÿ |
| y umlaut | ÿ | ÿ |
| Y circumflex | Ŷ | Ŷ |
| y circumflex | ŷ | ŷ |
| Y grave | Ỳ | Ỳ |
| y grave | ỳ | ỳ |
| Y dot | Ỵ | Ỵ |
| y dot | ỵ | ỵ |
| Y hook | Ỷ | Ỷ |
| y hook | ỷ | ỷ |
| Y tilde | Ỹ | Ỹ |
| y tilde | ỹ | ỹ |
| Z acute | Ź | Ź |
| z acute | ź | ź |
| Z dot | Ż | Ż |
| z dot | ż | ż |
| Z caron | Ž | Ž |
| z caron | ž | ž |