How to Type ś (S with acute) on HTML

Published May 14, 2026, 2 min read

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

ś on HTML: ś

Ś on HTML: Ś

Or copy it:

Method 1: Codes for web pages

Format	Code for ś
Decimal entity	`ś`
Hex entity	`ś`
CSS content	`content: "\015B";`
JavaScript	`"\u015B"`
URL encoded	`%C5%9B`
UTF-8 bytes	`C5 9B`

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

Method 3: Watch for normalization

ś can also be written as s 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 Ś

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

Codes for web pages

Format	Code for Ś
Decimal entity	`Ś`
Hex entity	`Ś`
CSS content	`content: "\015A";`
JavaScript	`"\u015A"`
URL encoded	`%C5%9A`
UTF-8 bytes	`C5 9A`

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

About the letter ś

ś is Unicode U+015B, named LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH ACUTE. It is used in Polish. 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 ś 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 ś on HTML?

ś.

Can I just copy and paste ś?

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 ś?

U+015B. In HTML it is ś.

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