Accented Letters

Dot Above Letters

Dot Above Letters poster — ż ė ċ Ż Ė (accentedletters.com)

One dot on top: Polish ż (żona), Lithuanian ė and Maltese ċ all carry it, and Turkish famously dots its capital İ while keeping ı dotless. This site lists 41 letters carrying the mark — click any letter below to copy it.

All 41 dot above letters, A to Z

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

LetterNameUnicode
a dot above
A dot above
b dot above
B dot above
c dot above
C dot above
d dot above
D dot above
e dot above
E dot above
f dot above
F dot above
g dot above
G dot above
h dot above
H dot above
i dot above
m dot above
M dot above
n dot above
N dot above
o dot above
O dot above
p dot above
P dot above
r dot above
R dot above
s dot above
s acute dot above
s caron dot above
S dot above
S acute dot above
S caron dot above
t dot above
T dot above
w dot above
W dot above
x dot above
X dot above
y dot above
Y dot above

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How to type the dot above

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

Windows

ż
017CthenAltX
ė
0117thenAltX
ċ
010BthenAltX
ġ
0121thenAltX
  1. Windows has no Ctrl shortcut for the dot. In Microsoft Word, type the letter’s code point and press Alt+X — the code converts in place.
  2. Outside Word, press Win + . and look under the emoji panel’s Symbols tab.

Tip: Each letter’s own page on this site lists its exact code point.

Mac

ż
zpress & hold
ė
epress & hold
ċ
cpress & hold
ġ
gpress & hold
  1. Press and hold the letter key itself — the z pop-up offers ż, the e pop-up ė, the c pop-up ċ, the g pop-up ġ.
  2. Type the number shown under the one you want.

Tip: There is no Option dead key for the dot; the press-and-hold pop-up covers the common ones.

iPhone & Android

ż
zpress & hold
ė
epress & hold
ċ
cpress & hold
ġ
gpress & hold
  1. Press and hold the letter on the on-screen keyboard.
  2. Slide to the dotted form in the pop-up row and release.

Tip: iPhone and Android long-press menus include ż, ė, ċ and ġ.