How to Type ĺ (L with acute) on Excel

Published May 28, 2026, 2 min read

The letter ĺ does not have its own key on an English keyboard, but Excel still makes it easy to type. Use =UNICHAR(314), or pick one of the other methods in this guide. ĺ appears in Slovak.

ĺ on Excel: =UNICHAR(314)

Ĺ on Excel: =UNICHAR(313)

Or copy it:

Method 1: UNICHAR formula

Type =UNICHAR(314) in a cell to get ĺ. To check a letter, =UNICODE("ĺ") returns 314. 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 013A) on Windows or Unicode Hex Input (Option + 013A) on a Mac.

Method 3: Find and replace accented text

Use =SUBSTITUTE(A1,"ĺ","l") 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 Ĺ

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

UNICHAR formula

Type =UNICHAR(313) in a cell to get Ĺ. To check a letter, =UNICODE("Ĺ") returns 313. 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 0139) on Windows or Unicode Hex Input (Option + 0139) on a Mac.

About the letter ĺ

ĺ is Unicode U+013A, named LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH ACUTE. It is used in Slovak. 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 ĺ 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 ĺ on Excel?

=UNICHAR(314).

Can I just copy and paste ĺ?

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 ĺ?

U+013A. In HTML it is ĺ.

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