G macron

Latin Capital Letter G with Macron · U+1E20

Ḡ is the capital G with a macron, the short horizontal line above it. It lives in the Latin Extended Additional block of Unicode and is a precomposed character, stored as one code point rather than a G plus a combining line. Its code point is U+1E20, and its lowercase form is ḡ. Click the tile to copy Ḡ, then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V (Windows), Cmd+V (Mac) or a long-press → Paste on a phone.

Ḡ codes

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

Format	Code	Used in
Character		Copy it once, paste it anywhere
Unicode code point		The character's official ID in the Unicode standard
HTML entity		Web pages and HTML source code
Windows Alt code	—	No classic Alt code — use the Word Alt+X method below

How to type Ḡ

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

Windows

Ḡ

1E20thenAltX

In Microsoft Word, type the hexadecimal code point — 1E20 for Ḡ.
Press Alt+X: the code converts into the character in place.

Tip: Ḡ 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

Press Control + Command + Space to open the Character Viewer.
Search for "Latin Capital Letter G with Macron" and double-click it to insert.

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

iPhone & Android

Long-press pop-ups on iPhone, iPad and Android don't cover Ḡ.
Fastest route on a phone: tap the big Ḡ 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 G copies in one click on the G with accent page, alongside the full typing guides.