How to Type ũ (U with tilde) on Excel

Published May 8, 2026, 2 min read

The letter ũ does not have its own key on an English keyboard, but Excel still makes it easy to type. Use =UNICHAR(361), or pick one of the other methods in this guide. ũ appears in Vietnamese.

ũ on Excel: =UNICHAR(361)

Ũ on Excel: =UNICHAR(360)

Or copy it:

Method 1: UNICHAR formula

Type =UNICHAR(361) in a cell to get ũ. To check a letter, =UNICODE("ũ") returns 361. 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 0169) on Windows or Unicode Hex Input (Option + 0169) on a Mac.

Method 3: Find and replace accented text

Use =SUBSTITUTE(A1,"ũ","u") 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 Ũ

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

UNICHAR formula

Type =UNICHAR(360) in a cell to get Ũ. To check a letter, =UNICODE("Ũ") returns 360. 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 0168) on Windows or Unicode Hex Input (Option + 0168) on a Mac.

About the letter ũ

ũ is Unicode U+0169, named LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH TILDE. It is used in Vietnamese. A wavy line above a letter. Spanish uses it for ñ, Portuguese for nasal vowels (ã, õ), Estonian for õ, and Vietnamese for the broken rising tone. See the ũ 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 ũ on Excel?

=UNICHAR(361).

Can I just copy and paste ũ?

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 ũ?

U+0169. In HTML it is ũ.

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