Circumflex Letters

The little hat often marks where an s disappeared from old French — forêt was once forest, hôpital was hospital. Portuguese and Romanian use it too, Welsh puts it on w (ŵ), and Vietnamese stacks tone marks on top of it. This site lists 64 letters carrying the mark — click any letter below to copy it.

All 64 circumflex letters, A to Z

Click a letter to copy it; click its name for the letter’s own page with codes and typing guides.

Letter	Name	Unicode
	a circumflex
	a circumflex acute
	a circumflex grave
	a circumflex hook above
	a circumflex tilde
	a circumflex dot below
	A circumflex
	A circumflex acute
	A circumflex grave
	A circumflex hook above
	A circumflex tilde
	A circumflex dot below
	c circumflex
	C circumflex
	d circumflex below
	D circumflex below
	e circumflex
	e circumflex acute
	e circumflex grave
	e circumflex hook above
	e circumflex tilde
	e circumflex dot below
	E circumflex
	E circumflex acute
	E circumflex grave
	E circumflex hook above
	E circumflex tilde
	E circumflex dot below
	g circumflex
	G circumflex
	h circumflex
	H circumflex
	i circumflex
	I circumflex
	j circumflex
	J circumflex
	l circumflex below
	L circumflex below
	n circumflex below
	N circumflex below
	o circumflex
	o circumflex acute
	o circumflex grave
	o circumflex hook above
	o circumflex tilde
	o circumflex dot below
	O circumflex
	O circumflex acute
	O circumflex grave
	O circumflex hook above
	O circumflex tilde
	O circumflex dot below
	s circumflex
	S circumflex
	t circumflex below
	T circumflex below
	u circumflex
	U circumflex
	w circumflex
	W circumflex
	y circumflex
	Y circumflex
	z circumflex
	Z circumflex

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How to type the circumflex

Every device hides a route into these letters. Pick your platform:

Windows

Alt0226

Alt0234

Alt0238

Alt0244

Alt0251

Turn on Num Lock, hold Alt and type the four-digit code on the numeric keypad, then release Alt.
In Microsoft Word, Ctrl+Shift+^ then the letter works too — â, ê, î, ô and û all combine.

Tip: Welsh ŵ and ŷ have no Alt code — in Word, type 0175 (ŵ) or 0177 (ŷ) and press Alt+X.

Mac

OptionIthena

OptionIthene

OptionItheni

OptionItheno

OptionIthenu

Press Option+I — a highlighted circumflex appears, waiting.
Type the base letter; the two combine into â, ê, î, ô or û.

Tip: Welsh ŵ and ŷ have no Option combination — press and hold w or y and pick them from the pop-up instead.

iPhone & Android

apress & hold

epress & hold

ipress & hold

opress & hold

upress & hold

Press and hold the letter on the on-screen keyboard.
A pop-up row of accented versions appears — slide to the circumflex form and release.

Tip: Welsh ŵ hides in the w long-press menu, on both iPhone and Android.