How to Type ü (U with umlaut) on HTML

Published September 6, 2026, 2 min read

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

ü on HTML: ü

Ü on HTML: Ü

Or copy it:

Method 1: Codes for web pages

Format	Code for ü
Named entity	`ü`
Decimal entity	`ü`
Hex entity	`ü`
CSS content	`content: "\00FC";`
JavaScript	`"\u00FC"`
URL encoded	`%C3%BC`
UTF-8 bytes	`C3 BC`

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

Method 3: Watch for normalization

ü can also be written as u 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 Ü

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

Codes for web pages

Format	Code for Ü
Named entity	`Ü`
Decimal entity	`Ü`
Hex entity	`Ü`
CSS content	`content: "\00DC";`
JavaScript	`"\u00DC"`
URL encoded	`%C3%9C`
UTF-8 bytes	`C3 9C`

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

About the letter ü

ü is Unicode U+00FC, named LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS. It is used in Spanish, French, German, Hungarian, Turkish, Dutch, Catalan and Estonian. Two dots above a letter. As a German umlaut it changes the vowel sound (ä, ö, ü); as a diaeresis in French, Dutch, Spanish or English (naïve, Noël) it shows that a vowel is pronounced separately. See the ü 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 ü on HTML?

ü.

Can I just copy and paste ü?

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 ü?

U+00FC. In HTML it is ü.

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