How to Type ć (C with acute) on Excel

Published July 6, 2026, 2 min read

The letter ć does not have its own key on an English keyboard, but Excel still makes it easy to type. Use =UNICHAR(263), or pick one of the other methods in this guide. ć appears in Polish and Croatian.

ć on Excel: =UNICHAR(263)

Ć on Excel: =UNICHAR(262)

Or copy it:

Method 1: UNICHAR formula

Type =UNICHAR(263) in a cell to get ć. To check a letter, =UNICODE("ć") returns 263. Both work in Excel 2013 and later and in Google Sheets.

Method 2: Keyboard methods inside a cell

Double-click the cell, then use Insert → Symbol (Unicode hex 0107) on Windows or Unicode Hex Input (Option + 0107) on a Mac.

Method 3: Find and replace accented text

Use =SUBSTITUTE(A1,"ć","c") to strip this accent from a column, for example when cleaning names for an email system that does not accept accents.

How to type the capital Ć

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

UNICHAR formula

Type =UNICHAR(262) in a cell to get Ć. To check a letter, =UNICODE("Ć") returns 262. Both work in Excel 2013 and later and in Google Sheets.

Keyboard methods inside a cell

Double-click the cell, then use Insert → Symbol (Unicode hex 0106) on Windows or Unicode Hex Input (Option + 0106) on a Mac.

About the letter ć

ć is Unicode U+0107, named LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH ACUTE. It is used in Polish and Croatian. A short line slanting up to the right. It marks stress in Spanish (canción), a closed vowel in French (été), vowel length in Czech, Hungarian and Irish, and a rising tone in Vietnamese and Pinyin. See the ć character page for every code and shortcut.

Troubleshooting

UNICHAR is not available in Excel 2010 and earlier.
CSV files saved as plain "CSV" may lose accents. Save as "CSV UTF-8".
If accents show as question marks after import, set the file origin to 65001: Unicode (UTF-8) in the import wizard.

Frequently asked questions

What is the shortcut for ć on Excel?

=UNICHAR(263).

Can I just copy and paste ć?

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 ć?

U+0107. In HTML it is ć.

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