U+00C9

E with acuteÉ

E with acute is a monochrome text character from the Unicode Latin-1 Supplement block, listed here under Latin Letters & Accents. Copy it with one click, or use the hex, octal, decimal and HTML entity codes below to embed it in web pages, code, and documents. It is often searched for as "letter", "french", "accent".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+00C9
Decimal
201
Hex
0x00C9
Octal
0o311

Unicode identity

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Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+00C9
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
Unicode 1.0 nameLegacy aliasLATIN CAPITAL LETTER E ACUTE
DecimalBase 10201
HexadecimalBase 160x00C9
OctalBase 80o311
BinaryBase 20000000011001001
General categoryLetter, uppercaseLu
Unicode blockU+0080–U+00FFLatin-1 Supplement
PlaneBasic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0)

HTML & CSS

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HTML entity (decimal)É
HTML entity (hex)É
HTML entity (named)É
CSS content escapeUse inside content: "…"\00C9
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%C3%89

Programming languages

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JavaScript / TypeScript\u00C9
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u00C9
Python\u00C9
Java / C# / Kotlin\u00C9

Byte encodings

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UTF-82 bytesC3 89
UTF-16 (BE)00C9
UTF-32 (BE)000000C9

How to type E with acute

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +C9 with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type C9 then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 00C9. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "E with acute".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type c9, then press Space or Enter in GTK apps. IBus and most terminals support the same sequence.

  • HTML, CSS & code

    Paste the character directly, or use the escapes above: É in HTML, \00C9 in CSS, and \u00C9 in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
Unicode 1.0 name
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E ACUTE
Block
Latin-1 Supplement (U+0080–U+00FF)
General category
Lu — Letter, uppercase

Data from the Unicode Character Database, version 18.0.0. See the official code chart for the Latin-1 Supplement block: U0080.pdf (PDF, unicode.org).

Frequently asked questions

How do I copy the E with acute symbol?

Click the Copy button at the top of this page, or select É and press Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on Mac). It is plain Unicode text, so it pastes into documents, chats, code, and design tools.

What is the Unicode code point for E with acute?

E with acute is U+00C9 (decimal 201, hexadecimal 0x00C9, octal 0o311). It lives in the Latin-1 Supplement block (U+0080–U+00FF) of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0).

What is the official Unicode name of E with acute?

The Unicode Standard (version 18.0.0) names this character "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE"; its Unicode 1.0 name was "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E ACUTE". Its General_Category is Lu (Letter, uppercase).

What is the HTML code for E with acute?

Use É or É, or the named entity É. In CSS, use content: "\00C9".

How do I type E with acute in code?

JavaScript: "\u00C9". Python: "\u00C9". JSON and Java: "\u00C9". The UTF-8 byte sequence is C3 89.

Is E with acute an emoji?

No. E with acute is a text symbol and renders as a monochrome glyph in the current font. Some platforms may offer an emoji variant when U+FE0F is appended.

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