Accented Letters

e macron acute

Latin Small Letter E with Macron and Acute · U+1E17

ḗ is the small letter e with a macron and an acute accent stacked above it. It is a single precomposed character — not an e plus combining marks — and it belongs to the Latin Extended Additional block at U+1E17, a range used mainly for specialist phonetic, transliteration and linguistic notation. Its capital form is Ḗ (U+1E16). Click the tile to copy ḗ, then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V (Windows), Cmd+V (Mac) or a long-press → Paste on a phone.

ḗ codes

Every way to reference ḗ in text and code. Click the character or any chip to copy it.

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How to type ḗ

ḗ is not printed on most English keyboards, but every device hides a shortcut for it. Pick your platform:

Windows

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  1. In Microsoft Word, type the hexadecimal code point — 1E17 for ḗ.
  2. Press Alt+X: the code converts into the character in place.

Tip: ḗ has no classic Windows Alt code. Outside Word, press Win + . to open the emoji panel and look under its Symbols tab — or copy the character straight from this page, which is fastest of all.

Mac

  1. Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer.
  2. Search for "Latin Small Letter E with Macron and Acute" and double-click it to insert.

Tip: The Character Viewer is the reliable route — or copy the character straight from this page.

iPhone & Android

  1. Long-press pop-ups on iPhone, iPad and Android don't cover ḗ.
  2. Fastest route on a phone: tap the big ḗ tile above to copy it, then long-press the text field and choose Paste.

Tip: Copying from this page works on every phone — no keyboard settings needed.

Copy-paste is a typing method too — every accented form of E copies in one click on the E with accent page, alongside the full typing guides.

Customize ḗ

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ḗ e macron acute (U+1E17) — copy and paste (accentedletters.com)