How to Type é (E with acute) on HTML

Q: What is the Unicode code for é?

U+00E9. In HTML it is &eacute;.

Published September 12, 2026, 2 min read

Need é on HTML for a name, an address or a word in another language? You do not have to copy it from a website every time. The fastest method is é, and there are a few backups below for when that one is not available.

é on HTML: é

É on HTML: É

Or copy it:

Method 1: Codes for web pages

Format	Code for é
Named entity	`é`
Decimal entity	`é`
Hex entity	`é`
CSS content	`content: "\00E9";`
JavaScript	`"\u00E9"`
URL encoded	`%C3%A9`
UTF-8 bytes	`C3 A9`

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 é straight into the HTML. Entities are only needed when your editor or database cannot store the character.

Method 3: Watch for normalization

é can also be written as e 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 É

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

Codes for web pages

Format	Code for É
Named entity	`É`
Decimal entity	`É`
Hex entity	`É`
CSS content	`content: "\00C9";`
JavaScript	`"\u00C9"`
URL encoded	`%C3%89`
UTF-8 bytes	`C3 89`

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 É straight into the HTML. Entities are only needed when your editor or database cannot store the character.

About the letter é

é is Unicode U+00E9, named LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE. It is used in Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Icelandic. 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 é 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 é on HTML?

é.

Can I just copy and paste é?

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 é?

U+00E9. In HTML it is é.

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