Letters and Characters

The circumflex — the little hat sitting over a vowel, as in ô, â, and û — is one of

If you’ve spent any time with German, you’ve run into ß — the character in Straße (street), Fußball (soccer), and

If you’ve studied Mandarin, you’ve seen this mark — a small check-shaped symbol that sits over a vowel like a

The macron — a straight line over a vowel, like the one in Ā — is one of the most

The ú — a u with an acute accent — appears in Spanish (tú, último), Portuguese (saúde, baú), Irish (tú,

The ó — an o with an acute accent — appears in Spanish (só, adiós), Portuguese (avó, só, pó), Irish

The é — an e with an acute accent — is probably the single most common accented character in European

The á — an a with an acute accent — is one of the most common accented characters in European

The í — an i with an acute accent — shows up in Spanish (sí, difícil), Portuguese (aí, país), Irish

The quickest keyboard methods are: Device Lowercase ç Uppercase Ç Windows Alt + 0231 Alt + 0199 Mac Option +