Adrian VossUnicode Typography Researcher

Fact-checked & hand-testedUpdated January 20, 2026

S with accent ß ś ŝ ş — copy & ALT codes

S changes identity with a caron: š is the “sh” of Prague and Sarajevo. Turkish and Romanian place a cedilla below (ş, ș), Esperanto adds a circumflex (ŝ), and German owns the double-s ß outright — a letter with no uppercase twin until ẞ arrived in 2017. This page collects every accented s recognized by the Unicode Standard — 28 characters in total (14 lowercase, 14 capital and digraph forms)

Each character can be copied with a single click, typed with its ALT code, or produced with the keyboard shortcuts proven below — no memorisation required if you bookmark this page.

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Accented S copy and paste

Click any tile below — the character goes straight to your clipboard, ready to paste with Ctrl + V or Cmd + V.

Small letter s with accent14

Capital letter S with accent14

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Accented S with ALT code — full table

Hold the Alt key and type the number shown on your numeric keypad to produce that letter on Windows. The Unicode column is used for Word’s Alt + X method and by developers.

ALT Code	Symbol	Description	Unicode
`Alt + 223`	ß	Small letter Sharp S	U+00DF
`Alt + 346`	Ś	Capital letter S with Acute	U+015A
`Alt + 347`	ś	Small letter S with Acute	U+015B
`Alt + 348`	Ŝ	Capital letter S with Circumflex	U+015C
`Alt + 349`	ŝ	Small letter S with Circumflex	U+015D
`Alt + 350`	Ş	Capital letter S with Cedilla	U+015E
`Alt + 351`	ş	Small letter S with Cedilla	U+015F
`Alt + 352`	Š	Capital letter S with Caron	U+0160
`Alt + 353`	š	Small letter S with Caron	U+0161
`Alt + 383`	ſ	Small letter Long S	U+017F
`Alt + 423`	Ƨ	Capital letter Tone Two	U+01A7
`Alt + 424`	ƨ	Small letter Tone Two	U+01A8
`Alt + 425`	Ʃ	Capital letter Esh	U+01A9
`Alt + 536`	Ș	Capital letter S with Comma Below	U+0218
`Alt + 537`	ș	Small letter S with Comma Below	U+0219
`Alt + 575`	ȿ	Small letter S with Swash Tail	U+023F
`Alt + 7776`	Ṡ	Capital letter S with Dot Above	U+1E60
`Alt + 7777`	ṡ	Small letter S with Dot Above	U+1E61
`Alt + 7778`	Ṣ	Capital letter S with Dot Below	U+1E62
`Alt + 7779`	ṣ	Small letter S with Dot Below	U+1E63
`Alt + 7780`	Ṥ	Capital letter S with Acute and Dot Above	U+1E64
`Alt + 7781`	ṥ	Small letter S with Acute and Dot Above	U+1E65
`Alt + 7782`	Ṧ	Capital letter S with Caron and Dot Above	U+1E66
`Alt + 7783`	ṧ	Small letter S with Caron and Dot Above	U+1E67
`Alt + 7784`	Ṩ	Capital letter S with Dot Below and Dot Above	U+1E68
`Alt + 7785`	ṩ	Small letter S with Dot Below and Dot Above	U+1E69
`Alt + 7838`	ẞ	Capital letter Sharp S	U+1E9E
`Alt + 11390`	Ȿ	Capital letter S with Swash Tail	U+2C7E

How to type accented s on the keyboard

Two dependable methods, demonstrated with ß (sharp s) — both tested on Windows 11 and Microsoft 365.

Method 1 — Numeric keypad ALT code

Windows

Type ß into any Windows program using its ALT code, Alt + 223. You need a working numeric keypad with Num Lock on.

1Click exactly where you want the accented s letter to appear — in Word, an email, a browser field, anywhere.
2Make sure Num Lock is on. On laptops without a separate keypad, enable the embedded keypad first with Fn + Num Lock.
3Press and hold the Alt key.
4While keeping Alt held, type 223 on the numeric keypad.
5Release Alt — ß appears where your cursor is parked.

If a code produces the wrong symbol: very long ALT codes (four digits and beyond) can render as a placeholder glyph in older apps. Repeat the same steps inside a Microsoft Word document — Word resolves the full Unicode range correctly, and you can copy the result anywhere else.

Method 2 — Unicode value + Alt X

Word & Office

Every character owns a hexadecimal ID — for ß it is U+00DF. Microsoft Word converts that ID into the character itself.

1Open a Word document (or any Office app that supports Unicode).
2Type the four-character code 00DF using your regular keyboard.
3Without pressing space, hit Alt + X together.
4Word swaps the code for the letter — 00DF becomes ßinstantly.

This trick works both ways: place your cursor after any accented character and press Alt + X to reveal its Unicode value. It is the fastest way to identify a mystery character you have received in a document.

Microsoft Word accent shortcuts

Press the combination, release, then type the letter.

`Ctrl + ' (apostrophe)`	the vowel	á é í ó ú ý
Ctrl + ` (grave)	the vowel	à è ì ò ù
`Ctrl + Shift + ^`	the vowel	â ê î ô û
`Ctrl + Shift + ~ (tilde)`	a, n or o	ã ñ õ
`Ctrl + Shift + : (colon)`	the vowel or y	ä ë ï ö ü ÿ
`Ctrl + Shift + @`	a or A	å Å
`Ctrl + Shift + &`	a or A	æ Æ
`Ctrl + Shift + &`	o or O	œ Œ
`Ctrl + , (comma)`	c or C	ç Ç
`Ctrl + ' (apostrophe)`	d or D	ð Ð
`Ctrl + /`	o or O	ø Ø
`Ctrl + Shift + &`	s	ß
`Alt + Ctrl + Shift + ?`	—	¿
`Alt + Ctrl + Shift + !`	—	¡

macOS Option-key accents

Press Option + key, release, then type the letter — or press and hold the letter key.

Acute ´	`Option + E`	á é í ó ú
Grave `	Option + `	à è ì ò ù
Circumflex ^	`Option + I`	â ê î ô û
Tilde ~	`Option + N`	ã ñ õ
Umlaut ¨	`Option + U`	ä ë ï ö ü ÿ
Cedilla Ç	`Option + C (Shift for Ç)`	ç Ç

Technical information for accented S

Unicode code points, HTML entities, CSS and JavaScript escapes and UTF-8 byte sequences for every character on this page.

Latin Small Letter Sharp S

Unicode	`U+00DF`
HTML (decimal)	`ß`
HTML (hex)	`ß`
CSS content	`\00DF`
JS / Java / C	`\u00DF`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C3 9F`

Latin Capital Letter S with Acute

Unicode	`U+015A`
HTML (decimal)	`Ś`
HTML (hex)	`Ś`
CSS content	`\015A`
JS / Java / C	`\u015A`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C5 9A`

Latin Small Letter S with Acute

Unicode	`U+015B`
HTML (decimal)	`ś`
HTML (hex)	`ś`
CSS content	`\015B`
JS / Java / C	`\u015B`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C5 9B`

Latin Capital Letter S with Circumflex

Unicode	`U+015C`
HTML (decimal)	`Ŝ`
HTML (hex)	`Ŝ`
CSS content	`\015C`
JS / Java / C	`\u015C`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C5 9C`

Latin Small Letter S with Circumflex

Unicode	`U+015D`
HTML (decimal)	`ŝ`
HTML (hex)	`ŝ`
CSS content	`\015D`
JS / Java / C	`\u015D`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C5 9D`

Latin Capital Letter S with Cedilla

Unicode	`U+015E`
HTML (decimal)	`Ş`
HTML (hex)	`Ş`
CSS content	`\015E`
JS / Java / C	`\u015E`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C5 9E`

Latin Small Letter S with Cedilla

Unicode	`U+015F`
HTML (decimal)	`ş`
HTML (hex)	`ş`
CSS content	`\015F`
JS / Java / C	`\u015F`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C5 9F`

Latin Capital Letter S with Caron

Unicode	`U+0160`
HTML (decimal)	`Š`
HTML (hex)	`Š`
CSS content	`\0160`
JS / Java / C	`\u0160`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C5 A0`

Latin Small Letter S with Caron

Unicode	`U+0161`
HTML (decimal)	`š`
HTML (hex)	`š`
CSS content	`\0161`
JS / Java / C	`\u0161`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C5 A1`

Latin Small Letter Long S

Unicode	`U+017F`
HTML (decimal)	`ſ`
HTML (hex)	`ſ`
CSS content	`\017F`
JS / Java / C	`\u017F`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C5 BF`

Latin Capital Letter Tone Two

Unicode	`U+01A7`
HTML (decimal)	`Ƨ`
HTML (hex)	`Ƨ`
CSS content	`\01A7`
JS / Java / C	`\u01A7`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C6 A7`

Latin Small Letter Tone Two

Unicode	`U+01A8`
HTML (decimal)	`ƨ`
HTML (hex)	`ƨ`
CSS content	`\01A8`
JS / Java / C	`\u01A8`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C6 A8`

Latin Capital Letter Esh

Unicode	`U+01A9`
HTML (decimal)	`Ʃ`
HTML (hex)	`Ʃ`
CSS content	`\01A9`
JS / Java / C	`\u01A9`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C6 A9`

Latin Capital Letter S with Comma Below

Unicode	`U+0218`
HTML (decimal)	`Ș`
HTML (hex)	`Ș`
CSS content	`\0218`
JS / Java / C	`\u0218`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C8 98`

Latin Small Letter S with Comma Below

Unicode	`U+0219`
HTML (decimal)	`ș`
HTML (hex)	`ș`
CSS content	`\0219`
JS / Java / C	`\u0219`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C8 99`

Latin Small Letter S with Swash Tail

Unicode	`U+023F`
HTML (decimal)	`ȿ`
HTML (hex)	`ȿ`
CSS content	`\023F`
JS / Java / C	`\u023F`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`C8 BF`

Ṡ

Latin Capital Letter S with Dot Above

Unicode	`U+1E60`
HTML (decimal)	`Ṡ`
HTML (hex)	`Ṡ`
CSS content	`\1E60`
JS / Java / C	`\u1E60`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`E1 B9 A0`

ṡ

Latin Small Letter S with Dot Above

Unicode	`U+1E61`
HTML (decimal)	`ṡ`
HTML (hex)	`ṡ`
CSS content	`\1E61`
JS / Java / C	`\u1E61`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`E1 B9 A1`

Ṣ

Latin Capital Letter S with Dot Below

Unicode	`U+1E62`
HTML (decimal)	`Ṣ`
HTML (hex)	`Ṣ`
CSS content	`\1E62`
JS / Java / C	`\u1E62`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`E1 B9 A2`

ṣ

Latin Small Letter S with Dot Below

Unicode	`U+1E63`
HTML (decimal)	`ṣ`
HTML (hex)	`ṣ`
CSS content	`\1E63`
JS / Java / C	`\u1E63`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`E1 B9 A3`

Ṥ

Latin Capital Letter S with Acute and Dot Above

Unicode	`U+1E64`
HTML (decimal)	`Ṥ`
HTML (hex)	`Ṥ`
CSS content	`\1E64`
JS / Java / C	`\u1E64`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`E1 B9 A4`

ṥ

Latin Small Letter S with Acute and Dot Above

Unicode	`U+1E65`
HTML (decimal)	`ṥ`
HTML (hex)	`ṥ`
CSS content	`\1E65`
JS / Java / C	`\u1E65`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`E1 B9 A5`

Ṧ

Latin Capital Letter S with Caron and Dot Above

Unicode	`U+1E66`
HTML (decimal)	`Ṧ`
HTML (hex)	`Ṧ`
CSS content	`\1E66`
JS / Java / C	`\u1E66`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`E1 B9 A6`

ṧ

Latin Small Letter S with Caron and Dot Above

Unicode	`U+1E67`
HTML (decimal)	`ṧ`
HTML (hex)	`ṧ`
CSS content	`\1E67`
JS / Java / C	`\u1E67`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`E1 B9 A7`

Ṩ

Latin Capital Letter S with Dot Below and Dot Above

Unicode	`U+1E68`
HTML (decimal)	`Ṩ`
HTML (hex)	`Ṩ`
CSS content	`\1E68`
JS / Java / C	`\u1E68`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`E1 B9 A8`

ṩ

Latin Small Letter S with Dot Below and Dot Above

Unicode	`U+1E69`
HTML (decimal)	`ṩ`
HTML (hex)	`ṩ`
CSS content	`\1E69`
JS / Java / C	`\u1E69`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`E1 B9 A9`

ẞ

Latin Capital Letter Sharp S

Unicode	`U+1E9E`
HTML (decimal)	`ẞ`
HTML (hex)	`ẞ`
CSS content	`\1E9E`
JS / Java / C	`\u1E9E`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`E1 BA 9E`

Ȿ

Latin Capital Letter S with Swash Tail

Unicode	`U+2C7E`
HTML (decimal)	`Ȿ`
HTML (hex)	`Ȿ`
CSS content	`\2C7E`
JS / Java / C	`\u2C7E`
UTF-8 (hex bytes)	`E2 B1 BE`

Accented S — questions people ask

The Windows ALT code for ß (Latin Small Letter Sharp S) is Alt + 223. Hold Alt, type 2, 2, 3 on the numeric keypad and release Alt. Inside Word you can type 00DF followed by Alt + X instead — or simply click the character on this page to copy it.

On Windows use Alt + 346 with the numeric keypad; in Microsoft Word type 015A then press Alt + X. On a Mac, press the matching Option-key accent, release, then type Shift + S. Copy-and-paste from the grid above works in every program.

Hold the Option key together with the accent key, release, then press s. Option + E applies an acute accent, Option + ` a grave, Option + I a circumflex, Option + N a tilde and Option + U an umlaut. Alternatively press and hold the s key and a pop-up menu lists every variation.

Characters beyond the first 256 code points need full Unicode support. When a long ALT code shows a placeholder symbol, redo the steps inside Word — it resolves the complete range — or copy the letter directly from this page, which works in every modern application.

S with accent ß ś ŝ ş — copy & ALT codes

Accented S copy and paste

Small letter s with accent14

Capital letter S with accent14

Accented S with ALT code — full table

How to type accented s on the keyboard

Method 1 — Numeric keypad ALT code

Method 2 — Unicode value + Alt X

Microsoft Word accent shortcuts

macOS Option-key accents

Technical information for accented S

Accented S — questions people ask

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