Accents on the letter U
Discover all accented characters and variations of the letter U. Find necessary symbols for German, French, and other languages.
This page gathers 10 characters, from ù (U+00F9) to ų (U+0173).
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
ù
U with grave accent
ú
U with acute accent
û
U with circumflex
ü
U with diaeresis
ũ
U with tilde
ū
U with macron
ŭ
U with breve
ů
U with ring above
ű
U with double acute
ų
U with ogonek
Reference table
The 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ù | U with grave accent | U+00F9 |
ù |
Alt + 249 |
⌥ + `, then U |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 00F9 |
| ú | U with acute accent | U+00FA |
ú |
Alt + 250 |
⌥ + E, then U |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 00FA |
| û | U with circumflex | U+00FB |
û |
Alt + 251 |
⌥ + I, then U |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 00FB |
| ü | U with diaeresis | U+00FC |
ü |
Alt + 252 |
⌥ + U, then U |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 00FC |
| ũ | U with tilde | U+0169 |
ũ |
0169 + Alt + X |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 0169 |
| ū | U with macron | U+016B |
ū |
016B + Alt + X |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 016B |
| ŭ | U with breve | U+016D |
ŭ |
016D + Alt + X |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 016D |
| ů | U with ring above | U+016F |
ů |
016F + Alt + X |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 016F |
| ű | U with double acute | U+0171 |
ű |
0171 + Alt + X |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 0171 |
| ų | U with ogonek | U+0173 |
ų |
0173 + Alt + X |
— |
Ctrl + ⇧ + U, 0173 |
Keyboards that carry these characters
Rather than memorising a code, type these characters directly on one of these layouts: