Small a with Ring Above HTML entity å

å is the HTML entity for Small a with Ring Above å (U+00E5). Copy å, å and the CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.

Entity: å
Legacy form: &aring (no semicolon)
Code point: U+00E5
Unicode name: LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
Block: Latin-1 Supplement
Category: Lowercase letter (Ll)
Since: Unicode 1.1
Defined in: HTML 4.01 and HTML5

Codes to copy

HTML named	`å`Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined.
HTML decimal	`å`Works in HTML and XML.
HTML hex	`å`Works in HTML and XML.
CSS	`content: "\E5";`In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript	`"\u00E5"`Also valid in JSON.
Python	`"\u00e5"`Python 3 string literal.
Python by name	`"\N{LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE}"`Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL	`%C3%A5`Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytes	`C3 A5`2 bytes.
UTF-16	`00E5`1 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts.

When to use it

å writes U+00E5 (Small a with Ring Above), a small letter from the Unicode Latin-1 Supplement block, encoded since Unicode 1.1. On a page saved as UTF-8 the letter can simply be typed; the entity helps in ASCII-only templates and code samples.

The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.

Browsers also accept the legacy form &aring without a semicolon, for compatibility with old pages; new HTML should always end the reference with a semicolon.

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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).

Small a with Ring Above HTML entity &aring;

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When to use it

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