U+00E4

Small a with diaeresisä

Small a with diaeresis 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", "german", "umlaut".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+00E4
Decimal
228
Hex
0x00E4
Octal
0o344

Unicode identity

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Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+00E4
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
Unicode 1.0 nameLegacy aliasLATIN SMALL LETTER A DIAERESIS
DecimalBase 10228
HexadecimalBase 160x00E4
OctalBase 80o344
BinaryBase 20000000011100100
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)ä
HTML entity (hex)ä
HTML entity (named)ä
CSS content escapeUse inside content: "…"\00E4
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%C3%A4

Programming languages

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JavaScript / TypeScript\u00E4
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u00E4
Python\u00E4
Java / C# / Kotlin\u00E4

Byte encodings

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UTF-82 bytesC3 A4
UTF-16 (BE)00E4
UTF-32 (BE)000000E4

How to type Small a with diaeresis

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +E4 with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type E4 then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 00E4. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Small a with diaeresis".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type e4, 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: ä in HTML, \00E4 in CSS, and \u00E4 in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
Unicode 1.0 name
LATIN SMALL LETTER A DIAERESIS
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 diaeresis symbol?

Click the Copy button at the top of this page, or select ä 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 diaeresis?

Small a with diaeresis is U+00E4 (decimal 228, hexadecimal 0x00E4, octal 0o344). 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 diaeresis?

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

What is the HTML code for Small a with diaeresis?

Use ä or ä, or the named entity ä. In CSS, use content: "\00E4".

How do I type Small a with diaeresis in code?

JavaScript: "\u00E4". Python: "\u00E4". JSON and Java: "\u00E4". The UTF-8 byte sequence is C3 A4.

Is Small a with diaeresis an emoji?

No. Small a with diaeresis 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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