U+00E5

Small a with ringå

Small a with ring 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", "swedish", "norwegian".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+00E5
Decimal
229
Hex
0x00E5
Octal
0o345

Unicode identity

FormatValueCopy
Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+00E5
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
Unicode 1.0 nameLegacy aliasLATIN SMALL LETTER A RING
DecimalBase 10229
HexadecimalBase 160x00E5
OctalBase 80o345
BinaryBase 20000000011100101
General categoryLetter, lowercaseLl
Unicode blockU+0080–U+00FFLatin-1 Supplement
PlaneBasic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0)

HTML & CSS

FormatValueCopy
HTML entity (decimal)å
HTML entity (hex)å
HTML entity (named)å
CSS content escapeUse inside content: "…"\00E5
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%C3%A5

Programming languages

FormatValueCopy
JavaScript / TypeScript\u00E5
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u00E5
Python\u00E5
Java / C# / Kotlin\u00E5

Byte encodings

FormatValueCopy
UTF-82 bytesC3 A5
UTF-16 (BE)00E5
UTF-32 (BE)000000E5

How to type Small a with ring

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +E5 with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type E5 then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 00E5. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Small a with ring".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type e5, 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: å in HTML, \00E5 in CSS, and \u00E5 in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
Unicode 1.0 name
LATIN SMALL LETTER A RING
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 ring symbol?

Click the Copy button at the top of this page, or select å 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 ring?

Small a with ring is U+00E5 (decimal 229, hexadecimal 0x00E5, octal 0o345). 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 ring?

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

What is the HTML code for Small a with ring?

Use å or å, or the named entity å. In CSS, use content: "\00E5".

How do I type Small a with ring in code?

JavaScript: "\u00E5". Python: "\u00E5". JSON and Java: "\u00E5". The UTF-8 byte sequence is C3 A5.

Is Small a with ring an emoji?

No. Small a with ring 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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