How to Type š (S with caron) on HTML

Published July 23, 2026, 2 min read

The letter š does not have its own key on an English keyboard, but HTML still makes it easy to type. Use &scaron;, or pick one of the other methods in this guide. š appears in Czech, Slovak, Finnish and Croatian.

š on HTML: &scaron;

Š on HTML: &Scaron;

Or copy it:

Method 1: Codes for web pages

Format	Code for š
Named entity	`&scaron;`
Decimal entity	`š`
Hex entity	`š`
CSS content	`content: "\0161";`
JavaScript	`"\u0161"`
URL encoded	`%C5%A1`
UTF-8 bytes	`C5 A1`

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

Method 3: Watch for normalization

š 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 Š

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

Codes for web pages

Format	Code for Š
Named entity	`&Scaron;`
Decimal entity	`Š`
Hex entity	`Š`
CSS content	`content: "\0160";`
JavaScript	`"\u0160"`
URL encoded	`%C5%A0`
UTF-8 bytes	`C5 A0`

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

About the letter š

š is Unicode U+0161, named LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON. It is used in Czech, Slovak, Finnish, Croatian, Slovenian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Estonian. A small v above a letter, called háček in Czech and kvačica in Croatian. It softens consonants (č, š, ž, ř) and marks the third tone in Pinyin (ǎ, ǐ). See the š 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 š on HTML?

&scaron;.

Can I just copy and paste š?

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 š?

U+0161. In HTML it is &scaron;.

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