U+0153

Latin small oeœ

Latin small oe is a monochrome text character from the Unicode Latin Extended-A 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", "ligature", "french".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+0153
Decimal
339
Hex
0x0153
Octal
0o523

Unicode identity

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Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+0153
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE
Unicode 1.0 nameLegacy aliasLATIN SMALL LETTER O E
DecimalBase 10339
HexadecimalBase 160x0153
OctalBase 80o523
BinaryBase 20000000101010011
General categoryLetter, lowercaseLl
Unicode blockU+0100–U+017FLatin Extended-A
PlaneBasic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0)

HTML & CSS

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HTML entity (decimal)œ
HTML entity (hex)œ
HTML entity (named)œ
CSS content escapeUse inside content: "…"\0153
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%C5%93

Programming languages

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JavaScript / TypeScript\u0153
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u0153
Python\u0153
Java / C# / Kotlin\u0153

Byte encodings

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UTF-82 bytesC5 93
UTF-16 (BE)0153
UTF-32 (BE)00000153

How to type Latin small oe

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +153 with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type 153 then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 0153. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Latin small oe".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 153, 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: œ in HTML, \0153 in CSS, and \u0153 in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE
Unicode 1.0 name
LATIN SMALL LETTER O E
Block
Latin Extended-A (U+0100–U+017F)
General category
Ll — Letter, lowercase

Data from the Unicode Character Database, version 18.0.0. See the official code chart for the Latin Extended-A block: U0100.pdf (PDF, unicode.org).

Frequently asked questions

How do I copy the Latin small oe symbol?

Click the Copy button at the top of this page, or select œ 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 Latin small oe?

Latin small oe is U+0153 (decimal 339, hexadecimal 0x0153, octal 0o523). It lives in the Latin Extended-A block (U+0100–U+017F) of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0).

What is the official Unicode name of Latin small oe?

The Unicode Standard (version 18.0.0) names this character "LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE"; its Unicode 1.0 name was "LATIN SMALL LETTER O E". Its General_Category is Ll (Letter, lowercase).

What is the HTML code for Latin small oe?

Use œ or œ, or the named entity œ. In CSS, use content: "\0153".

How do I type Latin small oe in code?

JavaScript: "\u0153". Python: "\u0153". JSON and Java: "\u0153". The UTF-8 byte sequence is C5 93.

Is Latin small oe an emoji?

No. Latin small oe 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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