How to Type đ (D with stroke) on Excel

Published July 2, 2026, 2 min read

The letter đ does not have its own key on an English keyboard, but Excel still makes it easy to type. Use =UNICHAR(273), or pick one of the other methods in this guide. đ appears in Croatian and Vietnamese.

đ on Excel: =UNICHAR(273)

Đ on Excel: =UNICHAR(272)

Or copy it:

Method 1: UNICHAR formula

Type =UNICHAR(273) in a cell to get đ. To check a letter, =UNICODE("đ") returns 273. 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 0111) on Windows or Unicode Hex Input (Option + 0111) on a Mac.

Method 3: Find and replace accented text

Use =SUBSTITUTE(A1,"đ","d") 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 Đ

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

UNICHAR formula

Type =UNICHAR(272) in a cell to get Đ. To check a letter, =UNICODE("Đ") returns 272. 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 0110) on Windows or Unicode Hex Input (Option + 0110) on a Mac.

About the letter đ

đ is Unicode U+0111, named LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH STROKE. It is used in Croatian and Vietnamese. A line through the letter itself. Examples are ø (Danish, Norwegian), ł (Polish), đ (Vietnamese, Croatian) and ħ (Maltese). See the đ 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 đ on Excel?

=UNICHAR(273).

Can I just copy and paste đ?

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 đ?

U+0111. In HTML it is đ.

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