Accents on the letter E
Discover all accented characters and variations of the letter E. Essential for many European languages, easily find grave, acute, circumflex, and umlaut accents.
This page gathers 9 characters, from è (U+00E8) to ě (U+011B).
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
è
E with grave accent
é
E with acute accent
ê
E with circumflex
ë
E with diaeresis
ē
E with macron
ĕ
E with breve
ė
E with dot above
ę
E with ogonek
ě
E with caron
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| è | E with grave accent | U+00E8 |
è |
Alt + 232 |
⌥ + `, then E |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 00E8 |
| é | E with acute accent | U+00E9 |
é |
Alt + 233 |
⌥ + E, then E |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 00E9 |
| ê | E with circumflex | U+00EA |
ê |
Alt + 234 |
⌥ + I, then E |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 00EA |
| ë | E with diaeresis | U+00EB |
ë |
Alt + 235 |
⌥ + U, then E |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 00EB |
| ē | E with macron | U+0113 |
ē |
0113 + Alt + X |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 0113 |
| ĕ | E with breve | U+0115 |
ĕ |
0115 + Alt + X |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 0115 |
| ė | E with dot above | U+0117 |
ė |
0117 + Alt + X |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 0117 |
| ę | E with ogonek | U+0119 |
ę |
0119 + Alt + X |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 0119 |
| ě | E with caron | U+011B |
ě |
011B + Alt + X |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 011B |
Keyboards that carry these characters
Rather than memorising a code, type these characters directly on one of these layouts: