The Accent Letters

É Capital E with acute

É
NameCapital E with acute
Lowercaseé
UnicodeU+00C9 (Latin Capital Letter E With Acute)
HTML entityÉ
HTML codeÉ or É
Windows Alt codeAlt+0201
Mac shortcutOption+E, then Shift+E
Word shortcutCtrl+', then Shift+E
LaTeX\'{E}
CSS / JavaScript\00C9 / \u00C9
UTF-8 bytesC3 89
URL encoded%C3%89

É is the letter E with the acute accent, used in Spanish, French, Portuguese and Italian. 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.

How to type É on every device

Device or appMethod
WindowsAlt+0201
MacOption+E, then Shift+E
iPhoneHold e
AndroidHold e
Microsoft WordCtrl+', then Shift+E
Google DocsInsert → Special characters
ChromebookCtrl+Shift+U, 00c9, Space
HTMLÉ
LaTeX\'{E}
Excel=UNICHAR(201)

Used in these languages

SpanishFrenchPortugueseItalianCzechSlovakHungarianIcelandicDutchCatalanWelshIrishVietnameseMandarin PinyinAfrikaansYoruba

About the acute accent

See every letter with the acute accent.

Other accented E letters

È Capital E with graveÊ Capital E with circumflexË Capital E with umlautĒ Capital E with macronĘ Capital E with ogonekĚ Capital E with caronĖ Capital E with dot aboveĔ Capital E with breveẸ Capital E with dot belowẺ Capital E with hook aboveẼ Capital E with tildeẾ Capital E with circumflex and acuteỀ Capital E with circumflex and graveỂ Capital E with circumflex and hook aboveỄ Capital E with circumflex and tildeỆ Capital E with circumflex and dot belowAll E accents

Frequently asked questions

How do I type É on a keyboard?

On Windows, hold Alt and type 0201 on the number pad. On a Mac, press Option+E, then Shift+E. On phones, touch and hold e.

What is the Unicode for É?

É is U+00C9, named LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE. In HTML write É.

Which languages use É?

Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Icelandic.