U+00E0

Small a with graveà

Small a with grave 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+00E0
Decimal
224
Hex
0x00E0
Octal
0o340

Unicode identity

FormatValueCopy
Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+00E0
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
Unicode 1.0 nameLegacy aliasLATIN SMALL LETTER A GRAVE
DecimalBase 10224
HexadecimalBase 160x00E0
OctalBase 80o340
BinaryBase 20000000011100000
General categoryLetter, lowercaseLl
Unicode blockU+0080–U+00FFLatin-1 Supplement
PlaneBasic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0)

HTML & CSS

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HTML entity (decimal)à
HTML entity (hex)à
HTML entity (named)à
CSS content escapeUse inside content: "…"\00E0
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%C3%A0

Programming languages

FormatValueCopy
JavaScript / TypeScript\u00E0
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u00E0
Python\u00E0
Java / C# / Kotlin\u00E0

Byte encodings

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UTF-82 bytesC3 A0
UTF-16 (BE)00E0
UTF-32 (BE)000000E0

How to type Small a with grave

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +E0 with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type E0 then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 00E0. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Small a with grave".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type e0, 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: à in HTML, \00E0 in CSS, and \u00E0 in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
Unicode 1.0 name
LATIN SMALL LETTER A GRAVE
Block
Latin-1 Supplement (U+0080–U+00FF)
General category
Ll — Letter, lowercase

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 Small a with grave symbol?

Click the Copy button at the top of this page, or select à 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 Small a with grave?

Small a with grave is U+00E0 (decimal 224, hexadecimal 0x00E0, octal 0o340). 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 Small a with grave?

The Unicode Standard (version 18.0.0) names this character "LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE"; its Unicode 1.0 name was "LATIN SMALL LETTER A GRAVE". Its General_Category is Ll (Letter, lowercase).

What is the HTML code for Small a with grave?

Use à or à, or the named entity à. In CSS, use content: "\00E0".

How do I type Small a with grave in code?

JavaScript: "\u00E0". Python: "\u00E0". JSON and Java: "\u00E0". The UTF-8 byte sequence is C3 A0.

Is Small a with grave an emoji?

No. Small a with grave 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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