Many accented Latin letters can be represented either as one precomposed Unicode character or as a base letter followed by a combining mark. This tool builds the decomposed pair, applies NFC normalization, and offers copy only when normalization produces one precomposed character.
Language filters are deliberately curated. They narrow the available results to frequent accented letters in the named language; they do not claim to define a full alphabet, every loanword, or a physical keyboard layout.
Compose a precomposed accented letter
Choose a base letter and combining mark. The tool normalizes that pair to NFC and returns a single precomposed Unicode character only when one exists.
All supported combinations shows the tool’s full base-letter and accent set, including choices that may have no single precomposed result.
é, U+00E9, NFC precomposed output.
NFC precomposed output
- Character
- é
- Unicode code point
- U+00E9
- Decomposed source
- U+0065 U+0301
- HTML decimal reference
- é
- HTML hexadecimal reference
- é
Choose a copy button to place a character on the clipboard.
Precomposed and decomposed text
NFC prefers a precomposed character when Unicode defines one. The details also show the base-plus-mark sequence used before normalization so the distinction is visible.
Unsupported combinations
Some base-and-mark pairs remain multiple code points after NFC normalization. The tool identifies that state instead of presenting the combining sequence as a single precomposed character.
Language filters are guidance
A character can be used by several languages. Each language filter is a limited allowlist for practical discovery, not a linguistic exclusivity label.
Keyboard methods can differ
Copying the final character avoids assuming a physical layout. Device and app shortcuts still depend on the active keyboard layout and input method.