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Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis

U+00D6Latin-1 Supplement

Copy and paste Ö. The Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis character has Unicode code point U+00D6 and decimal HTML code Ö.

Symbol codes

Unicode
U+00D6
Alt Code
Alt+0214
HTML Code
Ö
CSS Code
\D6
HTML Entity
Ö
HEX Code
Ö

Technical properties

Unicode 18.0.0

Code point
U+00D6
Decimal
214
Unicode name
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
Block
Latin-1 Supplement · U+0080–U+00FF
General category
Uppercase Letter (Lu)
Script
Latin
Introduced
Unicode 1.1
JavaScript
"\u00D6"

Appears in

About Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis

Ö is encoded in Unicode as code point U+00D6 (decimal 214). Its official Unicode name is LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS.

It belongs to the Latin-1 Supplement block (U+0080–U+00FF), its General Category is Uppercase Letter (Lu), and it was added in Unicode 1.1, released in 1993. Unicode assigns it to the Latin script.

Sources: Unicode Character Database 18.0.0, the HTML Standard’s list of named character references, and Unicode’s code page mappings.

How to type or insert Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis

Any device
Select Copy symbol, then paste with Ctrl+V, or ⌘+V on a Mac.
Windows Alt code
With Num Lock on, hold Alt, type 0214 on the numeric keypad, then release Alt.
Microsoft Word
Type 00D6, then press Alt+X.
macOS Character Viewer
Press Control+⌘+Space and search for “latin capital letter o with diaeresis”.
Linux (GTK and IBus)
Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 00d6, then press Space.
HTML
Ö or Ö. In a UTF-8 page you can also paste the character itself.
CSS
content: "\D6"; in a ::before or ::after rule.
JavaScript
"\u00D6"

Common questions about Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis

What is the Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis symbol?

Ö (Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis) is an uppercase letter in Unicode’s Latin-1 Supplement block. Its code point is U+00D6, and it has been part of the standard since Unicode 1.1 (1993).

How do I copy and paste the Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis symbol?

Select Copy symbol at the top of this page, then paste with Ctrl+V on Windows and Linux or ⌘+V on a Mac. On a phone, tap Copy symbol, then touch and hold where you want it and choose Paste. Ö pastes as ordinary text, so it works in documents, messages, and code.

How do I type the Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis symbol on Windows?

Turn on Num Lock, hold Alt, type 0214 on the numeric keypad, then release Alt. In Microsoft Word, type 00D6 and press Alt+X to turn the code into Ö. In any app, open Character Map from the Start menu, search for “latin capital letter o with diaeresis”, then select and copy the character.

How do I type the Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis symbol on a Mac?

Press Control+⌘+Space to open the Character Viewer, search for “latin capital letter o with diaeresis”, and double-click the result to insert it.

How do I type the Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis symbol on an iPhone or Android phone?

The simplest way is to copy it from this page and paste it where you need it. If you use it often, save it as a text shortcut: on iPhone, go to Settings > General > Keyboard > Text Replacement; with Gboard on Android, go to Gboard settings > Dictionary > Personal dictionary.

Can I use the Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis symbol in Word, Google Docs, and social media?

Yes. Ö is a standard Unicode character, so you can paste it into Microsoft Word, Google Docs, emails, and posts or bios on Instagram, X, Facebook, and TikTok. In Google Docs you can also choose Insert > Special characters and search for “latin capital letter o with diaeresis”. In Word, choose Insert > Symbol > More Symbols, set from to Unicode (hex), and enter 00D6 as the character code.

Is the Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis symbol an emoji?

No. Ö is a text symbol, not an emoji. It takes the color and size of the surrounding text, and its exact shape depends on the font.

Why does the Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis symbol show as a box or question mark?

An empty box or a question mark means the font on that device has no glyph for Ö. The character is still there: it appears correctly wherever a font covers Unicode’s Latin-1 Supplement block, and free font families such as Google Noto cover nearly all of Unicode.

What are the HTML and CSS codes for the Latin Capital Letter O With Diaeresis symbol?

In HTML, write Ö (decimal) or Ö (hexadecimal), or the named entity Ö. In CSS, use content: "\D6"; in a ::before or ::after rule, and in JavaScript "\u00D6". See all HTML codes.