How to Type â (A with circumflex) on HTML

Published August 28, 2026, 2 min read

Typing â (a with circumflex) on HTML takes a few seconds once you know the trick. The short answer is â. Read on for step-by-step instructions, the uppercase Â and what to do when a method does not work.

â on HTML: â

Â on HTML: Â

Or copy it:

Method 1: Codes for web pages

Format	Code for â
Named entity	`â`
Decimal entity	`â`
Hex entity	`â`
CSS content	`content: "\00E2";`
JavaScript	`"\u00E2"`
URL encoded	`%C3%A2`
UTF-8 bytes	`C3 A2`

Method 2: Type it directly with UTF-8

If your page starts with <meta charset="utf-8"> and the file is saved as UTF-8, you can paste â straight into the HTML. Entities are only needed when your editor or database cannot store the character.

Method 3: Watch for normalization

â can also be written as a plus a combining mark. Both look the same but compare as different strings. In JavaScript, call str.normalize("NFC") before comparing or searching.

How to type the capital Â

The uppercase form works the same way with Shift added where a letter is typed.

Codes for web pages

Format	Code for Â
Named entity	`Â`
Decimal entity	`Â`
Hex entity	`Â`
CSS content	`content: "\00C2";`
JavaScript	`"\u00C2"`
URL encoded	`%C3%82`
UTF-8 bytes	`C3 82`

Type it directly with UTF-8

If your page starts with <meta charset="utf-8"> and the file is saved as UTF-8, you can paste Â straight into the HTML. Entities are only needed when your editor or database cannot store the character.

About the letter â

â is Unicode U+00E2, named LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX. It is used in French, Portuguese, Romanian, Welsh and Vietnamese. A small caret (^) above a vowel. In French it often marks a vanished s (forêt from forest), in Portuguese a closed vowel, in Welsh a long vowel, and in Vietnamese a distinct vowel (â, ê, ô). See the â character page for every code and shortcut.

Troubleshooting

If you see Ã and other symbols, the file is UTF-8 but the browser reads it as Windows-1252. Add the meta charset tag.
Named entities are case sensitive: É and é are different letters.
In XML and XHTML only five named entities exist, so use numeric codes there.

Frequently asked questions

What is the shortcut for â on HTML?

â.

Can I just copy and paste â?

Yes. Click the copy button above, then paste with Ctrl+V on Windows and Chromebook, Cmd+V on a Mac, or touch and hold and choose Paste on a phone.

What is the Unicode code for â?

U+00E2. In HTML it is â.

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