C With Accent: Copy, Paste & Type

C with an accent: ç, ć, č, and more

Ç and ç: c with a cedilla

The little mark under ç is a cedilla. You’ll see it in French français and Portuguese coração. Choose Ç if you need a capital. Because the mark sits below the letter, it’s easy to overlook when you’re reading small text.

Ć, Č, and Ĉ have marks above the letter

Ć has an acute accent, Č has a v-shaped caron, and Ĉ has a roof-shaped circumflex. Their lowercase forms are ć, č, and ĉ. They aren’t interchangeable. Compare the angle of the mark before copying a surname or a word you haven’t seen before.

A dot or more than one mark

For c with a dot above, choose ċ or Ċ. The form ḉ has both a cedilla and an acute accent, so copying plain ç would lose one of its marks. The character grid lets you copy the full letter without assembling it yourself.

For a single letter, use the copy buttons above. Paste with Ctrl + V on Windows or Command + V on Mac; on a phone, touch and hold a text field and choose Paste. To write a longer message, open the online accent keyboard. You can also browse all accent letters from A to Z.

ALT codes and typing help for c with an accent

Windows ALT shortcuts and Unicode decimal values are different ways of referring to characters. Entries marked “Unicode decimal” below are reference numbers, not standard Windows ALT shortcuts. For those letters, copy the character or use the Word method below.

How to type c with an accent on Windows

Using a numeric keypad

For ç, try Alt + 0231 with the usual Western Windows character set. Keep the first zero. The result can depend on your app and system settings.

• Turn on Num Lock and click where you want the letter.
• Press and hold the ALT key.
• Type 0231 on the numeric keypad, not the number row above the letters.
• Release ALT and check that you get ç.

Type ç with Alt + X in Word

Word for Windows can turn a Unicode hexadecimal code into a letter. For ç, use 00E7. You don’t need a numeric keypad for this method.

• Click where the letter belongs in your Word document.
• Type 00E7, without the U+ prefix.
• Select just that code and press ALT + X.
• The selected code changes to ç.

See Microsoft’s character-code instructions for more about these two methods. To look up another letter, use the ALT code directory.

On a Mac, phone, or tablet

In supported Mac apps, holding a letter key opens an accent menu. The choices depend on the letter, and less common forms may be missing. You can always copy ç from this page and paste it with Command + V. On a phone or tablet, tap a copy button here, then use Paste in the app where you’re writing.

Unicode and HTML codes for accented c

Use this table when you need the character’s code rather than the letter itself. Unicode identifies the character; the HTML, CSS, and JavaScript columns show ways to write it in code. For a normal message or document, copying the letter is enough.