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ISO Latin-1 character set

The following table contains the ISO Latin-1 (ISO-8859-1) character set which covers the most common characters in western European languages. The table describes each character, its decimal code, its special entity reference for HTML and provides a brief description.

Character

Decimal Code

HTML

Description

À

À

À

Capital A, grave accent

à

à

à

Small a, grave accent

Á

Á

Á

Capital A, acute accent

á

á

á

Small a, acute accent

Â

Â

Â

Capital A, circumflex

â

â

â

Small a, circumflex

Ã

Ã

Ã

Capital A, tilde

ã

ã

ã

Small a, tilde

Ä

Ä

Ä

Capital A, diæresis / umlaut

ä

ä

ä

Small a, diæresis / umlaut

Å

Å

Å

Capital A, ring

å

å

å

Small a, ring

Æ

Æ

Æ

Capital AE ligature

æ

æ

æ

Small ae ligature

Ç

Ç

Ç

Capital C, cedilla

ç

ç

ç

Small c, cedilla

È

È

È

Capital E, grave accent

è

è

è

Small e, grave accent

É

É

É

Capital E, acute accent

é

é

é

Small e, acute accent

Ê

Ê

Ê

Capital E, circumflex

ê

ê

ê

Small e, circumflex

Ë

Ë

Ë

Capital E, diæresis / umlaut

ë

ë

ë

Small e, diæresis / umlaut

Ì

Ì

Ì

Capital I, grave accent

ì

ì

ì

Small i, grave accent

Í

Í

Í

Capital I, acute accent

í

í

í

Small i, acute accent

Î

Î

Î

Capital I, circumflex

î

î

î

Small i, circumflex

Ï

Ï

Ï

Capital I, diæresis / umlaut

ï

ï

ï

Small i, diæresis / umlaut

Ð

Ð

Ð

Capital Eth, Icelandic

ð

ð

ð

Small eth, Icelandic

Ñ

Ñ

Ñ

Capital N, tilde

ñ

ñ

ñ

Small n, tilde

Ò

Ò

Ò

Capital O, grave accent

ò

ò

ò

Small o, grave accent

Ó

Ó

Ó

Capital O, acute accent

ó

ó

ó

Small o, acute accent

Ô

Ô

Ô

Capital O, circumflex

ô

ô

ô

Small o, circumflex

Õ

Õ

Õ

Capital O, tilde

õ

õ

õ

Small o, tilde

Ö

Ö

Ö

Capital O, diæresis / umlaut

ö

ö

ö

Small o, diæresis / umlaut

Ø

Ø

Ø

Capital O, slash

ø

ø

ø

Small o, slash

Ù

Ù

Ù

Capital U, grave accent

ù

ù

ù

Small u, grave accent

Ú

Ú

Ú

Capital U, acute accent

ú

ú

ú

Small u, acute accent

Û

Û

Û

Capital U, circumflex

û

û

û

Small u, circumflex

Ü

Ü

Ü

Capital U, diæresis / umlaut

ü

ü

ü

Small u, diæresis / umlaut

Ý

Ý

Ý

Capital Y, acute accent

ý

ý

ý

Small y, acute accent

Þ

Þ

Þ

Capital Thorn, Icelandic

þ

þ

þ

Small thorn, Icelandic

ß

ß

ß

Small sharp s, German sz

ÿ

ÿ

ÿ

Small y, diæresis / umlaut