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U+00E4 LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS

Latin-1 Supplement · Lowercase letter

NameLATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
Code pointU+00E4
Decimal228
BlockLatin-1 Supplement
CategoryLowercase letter (Ll)
UTF-8C3 A4
UTF-1600E4
UTF-32000000E4
HTMLä ä ä
CSS\00E4
JavaScript\u00E4
Python\u00e4
URL-encoded%C3%A4
Decomposition0061 0308
Upper/lower caseÄ U+00C4

Frequently asked questions

What is the character U+00E4?

U+00E4 ä is officially named LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS. It belongs to the Latin-1 Supplement block and the category Lowercase letter.

How do I type ä?

Windows (Word, WordPad): type 00E4, then press Alt+X. Linux (GTK/IBus): Ctrl+Shift+U 00e4, then Space. macOS: enable the “Unicode Hex Input” keyboard, hold Option and type 00E4. Or simply copy it from this page. On Windows, Alt+0228 on the numeric keypad also works.

How do I write ä in HTML?

As a numeric character reference ä (decimal) or ä (hexadecimal). In UTF-8 documents you can also insert the character directly. There is also the named entity ä.

How is ä encoded in UTF-8?

In UTF-8 the character takes 2 bytes: C3 A4. In UTF-16: 00E4.

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