Latin Small Letter O With Stroke
U+00F8Latin-1 Supplement
Also known as o with a line through itslashed ocrossed oo slasho with stroke
Copy and paste ø. The Latin Small Letter O With Stroke character has Unicode code point U+00F8 and decimal HTML code ø.
Symbol codes
- Unicode
U+00F8- Alt Code
Alt+0248- HTML Code
ø- CSS Code
\F8- HTML Entity
ø- HEX Code
ø
Technical properties
Unicode 18.0.0
- Code point
- U+00F8
- Decimal
- 248
- Unicode name
- LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE
- Block
- Latin-1 Supplement · U+0080–U+00FF
- General category
- Lowercase Letter (Ll)
- Script
- Latin
- Introduced
- Unicode 1.1
- JavaScript
- "\u00F8"
Appears in
About Latin Small Letter O With Stroke
ø is a letter of the Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese alphabets. It stands for its own vowel sound rather than an accented o.
ø is encoded in Unicode as code point U+00F8 (decimal 248). Its official Unicode name is LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE.
It belongs to the Latin-1 Supplement block (U+0080–U+00FF), its General Category is Lowercase Letter (Ll), and it was added in Unicode 1.1, released in 1993. Unicode assigns it to the Latin script.
Common uses
- Writing Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese words and names
- Transcribing the close-mid front rounded vowel in the International Phonetic Alphabet
Examples
- Norwegian place name
- Tromsø
- Danish word
- smørrebrød
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 Small Letter O With Stroke
- 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 0248 on the numeric keypad, then release Alt.
- Microsoft Word
- Type
00F8, then press Alt+X. - Mac keyboard
- Option+O on the U.S. keyboard layout.
- macOS Character Viewer
- Press Control+⌘+Space and search for “latin small letter o with stroke”.
- Linux (GTK and IBus)
- Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type
00f8, then press Space. - HTML
øorø. In a UTF-8 page you can also paste the character itself.- CSS
content: "\F8";in a::beforeor::afterrule.- JavaScript
"\u00F8"
Common questions about Latin Small Letter O With Stroke
What is the Latin Small Letter O With Stroke symbol?
ø is a letter of the Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese alphabets. It stands for its own vowel sound rather than an accented o. In Unicode it is U+00F8, officially named LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE. It is also known as o with a line through it, slashed o, crossed o, and o slash.
Is ø the same as the empty set symbol ∅?
No. ø is a letter used in Scandinavian languages, and ∅ is the empty set symbol in mathematics. They look alike in some fonts, but search, sorting, and screen readers treat them as different characters.
How do I copy and paste the Latin Small Letter O With Stroke 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. ø pastes as ordinary text, so it works in documents, messages, and code.
How do I type the Latin Small Letter O With Stroke symbol on Windows?
Turn on Num Lock, hold Alt, type 0248 on the numeric keypad, then release Alt. In Microsoft Word, type 00F8 and press Alt+X to turn the code into ø. In any app, open Character Map from the Start menu, search for “latin small letter o with stroke”, then select and copy the character.
How do I type the Latin Small Letter O With Stroke symbol on a Mac?
Press Option+O (U.S. keyboard layout). Press Control+⌘+Space to open the Character Viewer, search for “latin small letter o with stroke”, and double-click the result to insert it.
How do I type the Latin Small Letter O With Stroke 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 Small Letter O With Stroke symbol in Word, Google Docs, and social media?
Yes. ø 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 small letter o with stroke”. In Word, choose Insert > Symbol > More Symbols, set from to Unicode (hex), and enter 00F8 as the character code.
Is the Latin Small Letter O With Stroke symbol an emoji?
No. ø 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 Small Letter O With Stroke 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 ø. 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 Small Letter O With Stroke symbol?
In HTML, write ø (decimal) or ø (hexadecimal), or the named entity ø. In CSS, use content: "\F8"; in a ::before or ::after rule, and in JavaScript "\u00F8". See all HTML codes.