What Is the Ring above? Meaning, Letters and How to Type It
A small circle above a letter. å is a separate vowel in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish, and ů marks a long u in Czech.
Letters with the ring above: å ů ǻ ẘ ẙ
Combining character: U+030A
What the ring above does
A small circle above a letter. å is a separate vowel in Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Finnish, and ů marks a long u in Czech. Unicode encodes 8 precomposed letters with this mark as their first diacritic, and the combining form U+030A can add it to any other letter.
Languages that use it
Czech, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish.
All lowercase letters with the ring above
Codes and shortcuts
| Letter | Name | Unicode | Alt code | Mac |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| å | a with ring above | U+00E5 | Alt+0229 | Option+A |
| ů | u with ring above | U+016F | — | — |
| ǻ | a with ring above and acute | U+01FB | — | — |
| ẘ | w with ring above | U+1E98 | — | — |
| ẙ | y with ring above | U+1E99 | — | — |
How to type it on any letter
On Windows, hold Alt and type the code from the table, or type the letter followed by U+030A in Word and press Alt+X. On a Mac, use Unicode Hex Input: type the letter, then hold Option and type 030A. On a Chromebook, type the letter, then Ctrl+Shift+U, 030a, Space.
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