W With Accent: Copy, Paste & Type

W with a circumflex and other accent marks

Ŵ and ŵ: w with a circumflex

The circumflex on ŵ looks like a small roof. You’ll come across this form in Welsh, where w can act as a vowel. Keep the accent when it appears in a word or name. Use Ŵ when you need the same letter in capitals.

The direction of the accent matters

The acute accent on ẃ rises to the right. The grave on ẁ slopes down to the right. Two dots give you ẅ, while one dot above gives you ẇ. Compare the mark rather than assuming every accented w is ŵ.

Check below the letter too

The form ẉ has a dot below w. The grid also includes lowercase ẘ, with a ring above. Not every lowercase form here has its own single-character capital in the uppercase list. Copy the case and mark that your source uses.

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 w 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 w with an accent on Windows

Using a numeric keypad

There isn’t one Windows ALT shortcut for every marked w. A Unicode decimal number doesn’t automatically work as an ALT code. To enter ŵ, use the Word steps below or copy it from the grid.

Type ŵ with Alt + X in Word

Word for Windows can turn a Unicode hexadecimal code into a letter. For ŵ, use 0175. You don’t need a numeric keypad for this method.

• Click where the letter belongs in your Word document.
• Type 0175, without the U+ prefix.
• Select just that code and press ALT + X.
• The selected code changes to ŵ.

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 ŵ 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 w

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.