Accented Letters

A With Accent

Few letters wear accents as often as A. The Spanish á, French à and â, German ä and Portuguese ã below are joined by Swedish å and a full set of Vietnamese tone forms — 62 accented versions of the letter A in all. Every letter on this page copies in one click — click a card, then paste anywhere with Ctrl+V (Windows), Cmd+V (Mac) or a long-press → Paste on a phone.

Lowercase a with accent

Uppercase A with accent

A with accent codes

Every accented form of A with its Unicode code point, HTML entity and Windows Alt code. Click any chip — or the letter itself — to copy it.

LetterNameUnicodeHTML entityAlt code
a acute
a grave
a circumflex
a diaeresis
a tilde
a ring
ae ligature
a macron—
a breve—
a ogonek—
a caron—
ae acute—
a dot below—
a hook above—
a circumflex acute—
a circumflex grave—
a circumflex hook above—
a circumflex tilde—
a circumflex dot below—
a breve acute—
a breve grave—
a breve hook above—
a breve tilde—
a breve dot below—
a double grave—
a inverted breve—
a diaeresis macron—
a dot macron—
a ring acute—
a dot above—
a stroke—
A acute
A grave
A circumflex
A diaeresis
A tilde
A ring
AE ligature
A macron—
A breve—
A ogonek—
A caron—
AE acute—
A dot below—
A hook above—
A circumflex acute—
A circumflex grave—
A circumflex hook above—
A circumflex tilde—
A circumflex dot below—
A breve acute—
A breve grave—
A breve hook above—
A breve tilde—
A breve dot below—
A double grave—
A inverted breve—
A diaeresis macron—
A dot macron—
A ring acute—
A dot above—
A stroke—

How to type A with accent

Accented forms of A are not printed on most English keyboards, but every device hides a shortcut for them. Pick your platform:

Windows

á
Alt0225
à
Alt0224
â
Alt0226
ä
Alt0228
ã
Alt0227
å
Alt0229
  1. Turn on Num Lock so the numeric keypad produces digits.
  2. Hold Alt, type the four-digit code on the numeric keypad, then release Alt — the accented letter appears at the cursor.

Tip: Forms without an Alt code (like ā) have no keypad shortcut — in Word, type the code point from the table above and press Alt+X. No numeric keypad at all? Press Win + . for the emoji panel (Symbols tab), or copy the letter straight from this page.

Mac

á
OptionEthena
à
Option`thena
â
OptionIthena
ä
OptionUthena
ã
OptionNthena
  1. Press the Option combination for the accent — a highlighted accent mark appears, waiting.
  2. Type the letter a; the two combine into á (and its siblings).

Tip: Easier still: press and hold the a key itself and a pop-up offers accented forms like á à â ä — type the number shown under the one you want.

iPhone & Android

á
apress & hold
à
apress & hold
â
apress & hold
ä
apress & hold
ã
apress & hold
å
apress & hold
æ
apress & hold
ā
apress & hold
ă
apress & hold
ą
apress & hold
ǎ
apress & hold
  1. On an iPhone or iPad, press and hold the a key on the on-screen keyboard.
  2. A pop-up row of accented versions appears — slide your finger to the one you want and release.
  3. For a capital like A, tap Shift first, then press and hold the letter the same way.

Tip: The combos above come from the letter's long-press menu on the iPhone's English (US) keyboard (iOS 17+); Gboard and other Android keyboards offer similar menus, though the exact set varies. Forms missing from the pop-up (like ⱥ) are quickest to copy straight from this page.

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