How to Type œ (Oe ligature (ethel)) on HTML

Published May 19, 2026, 2 min read

The letter œ does not have its own key on an English keyboard, but HTML still makes it easy to type. Use &oelig;, or pick one of the other methods in this guide. œ appears in French.

œ on HTML: &oelig;

Œ on HTML: &OElig;

Or copy it:

Method 1: Codes for web pages

Format	Code for œ
Named entity	`&oelig;`
Decimal entity	`œ`
Hex entity	`œ`
CSS content	`content: "\0153";`
JavaScript	`"\u0153"`
URL encoded	`%C5%93`
UTF-8 bytes	`C5 93`

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

Method 3: Watch for normalization

œ can also be written as o 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 Œ

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

Codes for web pages

Format	Code for Œ
Named entity	`&OElig;`
Decimal entity	`Œ`
Hex entity	`Œ`
CSS content	`content: "\0152";`
JavaScript	`"\u0152"`
URL encoded	`%C5%92`
UTF-8 bytes	`C5 92`

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

About the letter œ

œ is Unicode U+0153, named LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE. It is used in French. See the œ 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 œ on HTML?

&oelig;.

Can I just copy and paste œ?

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 œ?

U+0153. In HTML it is &oelig;.

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