Accents on the letter A
Discover all accented characters and variations of the letter A. Essential for correct spelling in many languages using the Latin alphabet such as French, Spanish, or German.
This page gathers 9 characters, from à (U+00E0) to ą (U+0105).
Click a character to open its reference page: you will find its code point, its HTML entities, its CSS, JavaScript and Python escape sequences, and how to type it on Windows, macOS and Linux.
Character list
à
A with grave accent
á
A with acute accent
â
A with circumflex
ã
A with tilde
ä
A with diaeresis
å
A with ring above
ā
A with macron
ă
A with breve
ą
A with ogonek
Reference table
The 9 characters on this page, with their code point, HTML entity and the shortcut to use on each system.
| Character | Name | Code point | Named HTML entity | Windows | macOS | Linux |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| à | A with grave accent | U+00E0 |
à |
Alt + 224 |
⌥ + `, then A |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 00E0 |
| á | A with acute accent | U+00E1 |
á |
Alt + 225 |
⌥ + E, then A |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 00E1 |
| â | A with circumflex | U+00E2 |
â |
Alt + 226 |
⌥ + I, then A |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 00E2 |
| ã | A with tilde | U+00E3 |
ã |
Alt + 227 |
⌥ + N, then A |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 00E3 |
| ä | A with diaeresis | U+00E4 |
ä |
Alt + 228 |
⌥ + U, then A |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 00E4 |
| å | A with ring above | U+00E5 |
å |
Alt + 229 |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 00E5 |
| ā | A with macron | U+0101 |
ā |
0101 + Alt + X |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 0101 |
| ă | A with breve | U+0103 |
ă |
0103 + Alt + X |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 0103 |
| ą | A with ogonek | U+0105 |
ą |
0105 + Alt + X |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 0105 |
Keyboards that carry these characters
Rather than memorising a code, type these characters directly on one of these layouts: