B with accents and marks: copy and paste

Recognize the marks on B

A dot above or below

Ḃ and ḃ have a dot above the letter. Ḅ and ḅ have a dot below it. That position is part of the character, so check carefully when copying from a small screen or a scanned document.

A line below B

Ḇ and ḇ have a horizontal line underneath. This is a character with a diacritic, rather than a plain B with underline formatting. Copying ḇ keeps the line in the text even when formatting is removed.

Strokes and hooks

The collection also contains ƀ, ɓ and ƃ. These change the shape of b itself. If your source uses one of them, compare the stem and hook rather than choosing the closest-looking dotted B.

Select a character above and wait for the copy confirmation. Paste into your text with Ctrl + V on Windows, Command + V on Mac, or your phone’s Paste command. For a whole name or sentence, use the online accent keyboard. You can also browse all accent letters from A to Z.

ALT codes and typing help for b with an accent

Check the label before using a number from this table. ALT entries are Windows keypad shortcuts. A “Unicode decimal” entry identifies the character but is not a standard ALT shortcut. Use the copy button or the Word method for those forms.

How to type b with an accent on Windows

Using a numeric keypad

Not every marked b has a standard Windows ALT shortcut. For ḃ, copying is the most direct option here. In Word for Windows, you can also use the hexadecimal method described below.

Type ḃ with Alt + X in Word

In Word for Windows, 1E03 is the hexadecimal value for ḃ. Alt + X converts that value into the letter, without requiring a numeric keypad.

• Put your cursor at the insertion point in Word.
• Type 1E03, without the U+ prefix.
• Highlight only the code, then press ALT + X.
• Check that the code has become ḃ.

See Microsoft’s character-code instructions for details about code entry. For other characters, browse the ALT code directory.

On a Mac, phone, or tablet

On a Mac, try holding a letter key in an app that supports the accent menu. If the form you need is missing, copy it here and paste with Command + V. On a phone or tablet, select a character and use your destination app’s Paste command. See Apple’s accent guide for Mac options.

Unicode and HTML codes for accented b

Writing a message? Use the copy buttons. Working in code? This table identifies each character and lists its Unicode value alongside HTML, CSS and JavaScript representations. Choose the format your programming or markup context requires.